I just went through a similar dilemma...
After many hours of consideration, and encouragement from Fred street,
the final solution was to replace the guard, feet and top plate. It
wasn't cheap but it is a permanent, professional looking solution and
leaves no holes in the guard and absolutely no exposed wired in the
cockpit. I'm glad I did it in the end. as for the work involved, it was
strait forward deck fitting work. gouge out existing holes and fill
with epoxy, over-drill new holes, and gouge out and fill, and re-drill.
I fit and cut the holes in the guard and pod at home with a dremel, also
Fred's guidance on technique. With the 1-1/4 inch guard you have plenty
of room for the holes to accommodate the wire.
Danny
On 6/28/2016 8:33 AM, Frederick G Street via CnC-List wrote:
Paul — what transducer are you running, and for which chart plotter?
Generally, depth transducers should NOT be cut, as it can affect
their performance depending on the skill of the person doing the
reattaching. But impedance is critical to the frequencies being used,
so a cut-and-splice can be dicey.
Speedos are fine to cut and splice; and as Pierre mentioned, the RAM
mic lead can also be carefully cut and spliced.
Is it a possibility for you to change out your pedestal guard for a
1-1/4” guard? You’ll need to replace the guard feet and the topple on
your pedestal; but in the end, it may be a much better option.
By the way, if you pull the RAM cable the other way (from pedestal to
the radio, instead of vice versa), the connector at the radio end is
much smaller than the connector at the mic end…
— Fred
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI
On Jun 28, 2016, at 12:02 AM, paul.hood via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
m trying to send wiring (Transducer and vhf/power) to the Chart
plotter and alao to a ram mike at the pedestal Wire ends are factory
and told by Standard Horizon not to cut. They are 3/4" and 7/8"
diameter each Pedestal Guard rail is barely 1" O.D. I'm looking for
recommendations. Do I
1) make huge elongated holes in the pedestal guard and run wiring
through guard into cockpit floor (7/8" head won't even fit the I.D.
of guard)
2) come up through pedestal instead and drill a hole in the backside
of pedestal.
3) cut wire ends off and reconnect after bring them through a smaller
hole on either the guard or pedestal
Paul Hood
81 C&C34
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