Do you have a pedestal guard? Lots more room for cabling there. When we installed ours on Firefly -C&C 27-III, we pre-wired for the future.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2019, at 3:53 PM, Nate Flesness via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to add a sirius satellite weather receiver to my existing > Raymarine Es7 display, which is ram-mounted on top of the pedestal and has > AIS fed from a down-below VHF receiver. (I managed to do that myself awhile > back). > > So one side of the pedestal tube I filled very full with AIS cabling plus > power for the Es7, and I just realized the other side is full too, with (an > older) autopilot connection, plus binnacle light power. I can't fit another > Raymarine custom-headed cable, needed to connect to the SR200 Sirius > receiver, in either side. > > The options I can think of are: > > 1. Maybe combine the binnacle light and ES7 power cabling to make a little > more room on one side. Might possibly be enough... > 2. Invest more $$ and install a Seatalk network connector, which I THINK(??) > means the AIS and Sirius signals could get to the Es7 display via a single > cable? Can anyone confirm this? I have the question into Raymarine support, > but.... waiting .... > > I have no plans to add more stuff to a network, and am one of those retired > semi-IT guys who is NOT at all excited about playing with boat electronics.... > > Any suggestions or advice? > Many thanks > > Nate > > 1994 Tartan 31 "Raven" > SIskiwit Bay > Lake Superior > > 1980 C&C 30-1 "Sarah Jean" > St. Croix River > Hudson WI > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
