I've also got a bunch of wires running through my pedestal guard - Ray E7 cable (the big one), NMEA 2000, autopilot, 12 volt. It is MUCH easier if you have a helper on one end to grab/guide the wires. There is a small bulkhead just behind the guard, so it is easy to put terminal strips there.
This may be obvious, but run a messenger line through and leave one for future projects. Joel 35/3 The Office Annapolis On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:38 PM, John Irvin via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I changed to a more robust pedestal guard and installed extra wiring for > eventual needs. Made sense to me. > ------------------------------ > From: Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: 2015-03-31 1:08 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: lumg...@hotmail.com > Subject: Stus-List running wire for chart plotter etc > > Hi Brad, > > I ran all the wires through the pedestal when I installed the Zeus and > there was plenty of space in the pedestal / holes at the bottom to run the > wires. Like you I already had power and other wheelpilot related wiring in > addition to the NMEA2000 backbone and power for the Zeus.. No Issues. I > used a combination of re-purposed wire coat hanger and a glowing fiberglass > cabling rod to run the cables, a 10-15 minutes job. > > Good Luck, > > -Francois > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, Georgia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > I ran all the wires through the Pedestal when I installed the Zeus and > there was plenty of space in the pedestal / holes at the bottom. Like you > I already had power and other wheelpilot related wiring > From: "Bradley Lumgair via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 5:26:11 PM > 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 > > Sent, miraculously through cyberspace, > from my iPad! > Regards > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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