May 13, 2009 - Instrument Transducer Wires

Now that the locker are painted, I finally ran the transducer wires for the new knotmeter and depth sounder.  I wasn't too fond of the way the old depth sounder wire ran straight through the bilge, so I routed the new one up into the starboard settee locker and continued routing it alongside the new knotmeter wire.  These two were then routed under the stove/oven pan, under the sink locker, across centerline through the engine compartment and up to the instrument box on the port cabin bulkhead.

The Seatalk wires will come in through the headliner from the breaker panel in the nav station.  I took the opportunity to remove the old transducer cables and power cables from the Signet's I'm replacing.  These were a mess, routed through and around all kinds of equipment, coiled and taped in odd places.  I also removed the wires feeding power to the instruments.  They were cut and spliced in several areas, no wonder they never worked properly.  I really like the way all of my new instruments (speed, depth, wind, bidata) are all powered by one Seatalk cable.  It doesn't get much simpler than that!

All the instruments work great with the new routing...and the water temperature is 77F!  I seem to remember that being a high on Lake Erie...South Carolina is great!