I cannot say how much room is there, but your cable might be in danger of
getting cut by the steering gear. If you end up doing it this way, you may
want to put the cable in some kind of conduit. However, drilling through the
pedestal guard is quite doable (you need at least one sharp drill bit and a
bit of patience).
You probably want to remove the pedestal guard and drill the hole on a
bench/table/cabin floor. Beware that the plug at the end of the cable is
much bigger and would not bend, so you will need a bigger hole; probably
oval. For that you need a decent burr bit and a dremel tool.
Make sure that you seal the opening in the cockpit floor.
I did it last year and I am happy with results.
Marek
s/v Legato
1994 C270
-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley Lumgair via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 3:26 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List running wire for chart plotter etc
How much stuff is inside the Edson pedestal on a C&C 33 II? Shift cable,
throttle cable and steering shaft? I've seen a few references to drilling
into the guard and running the wiring inside it, but wondered if there was
more empty space in the pedestal itself? There should already be a
substantial hole in the deck at that point. There is going to be a good
sized bundle of wire running up with the plotter, the autopilot head, and
the power for the drive unit. Is there a better place to put this stuff that
I'm not thinking about? (bought a RAM mount with a clamp to the ped. guard)
I'm just overthinking the install of the new instruments on our new boat and
don't want to hack something up I didn't need to.
Thanx
Brad
1985 C&C 33 MkII "Pulse"
Sarnia
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