Ken,
Wow! Do you have a Yanmar engine? How does that look in your aft cabin
where the back of the panel is?
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
On Mar 11, 2013, at 2:11 PM, Ken Heaton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Edd,
>
> If you're looking for a different location for the panel, ours is on the aft
> side of the starboard cockpit seat. I like it there. You can see it in this
> photo, its a Yanmar Panel:
> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fQN3vP3gOy4/TMzYWm1tEaI/AAAAAAAAJkg/7zuChqH0zes/s902/66_sailListings_6.jpg
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On 11 March 2013 13:16, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Joel,
>
> Thanks. I guess what I'm most curious about is the gauges. I mean --
> regardless of where the signal comes fro, it's just wires sending signal,
> right? Is a Universal fuel gauge different than another one? Is one tach
> gauge different from another? Same as to temp.
>
> A glow plug button is just a button, right? I've already replaced the
> ignition. (See:
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t84cI65qdtE/TaxAHhoNrgI/AAAAAAAABdY/74WdK5ON_Rc/s1600/photo.JPG)
>
> Are you saying I can't pull my tachometer and install something like
> this
> (http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=469511&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50366&subdeptNum=50390&classNum=50391#.UT4C5KWvgoY
> ) and it won't give me the same readings?
>
> I's confused. . . . . .
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Edd
>
>
> Edd M. Schillay
> Starship Enterprise
> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
> City Island, NY
> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
>
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> On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Joel Aronson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Edd,
>>
>> Panels and instruments are not universal. For example, Yanmar does not have
>> glow plugs and the tach works off the flywheel, not the alternator. You
>> could make a panel out of Starboard that holds the instruments and switches
>> you have, but to duplicate a Yanmar panel would be a major PIA. I suspect
>> the same would be true of the Universal panel.
>> Joel
>>
>> Joel
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> This may seem like an odd question, but I don't know anything about
>> engines (hence why I sail).
>>
>> The Enterprise has a Universal Diesel, which runs great, but I hate the
>> location of the panel. It's low in the cockpit and faces forward so if
>> you're driving, you can't see the RPMs, temperature, etc. You also need to
>> be either crouched over or on your knees to hold the glow plug button and
>> the starter button.
>>
>> I'd like to, probably next year, replace and move the panel to another
>> location. So here's the question: Does it have to be a Universal panel?
>> There are smaller ones out there by other manufacturers. Are the connections
>> for the gauges universal?
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Edd
>>
>>
>> Edd M. Schillay
>> Starship Enterprise
>> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
>> City Island, NY
>> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website
>>
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