[Public-list] While on the topic of wiring ....

[Jack Vanderloo]

John, Kris and Jim,

Thanks for the collective advice.  The reason I approached the group for 
possible practical experience was that Garmin had not replied to an 
email sent 4 days prior.

Their response, just received:

"Yes you can cut and splice the cables for this unit.  I have verified
this with my supervisor and we have tried it here.  I am unsure why the
manual tells you otherwise."

Note there is no advice on shielding, soldering, etc.  Before one assumes I have the first clue about "shielding," or maintaining the integrity thereof - I don't.

So my question to Kris would be - is there a substantive difference between an "IT" data cable and that which would make up, and affect the treatment of, a "radar" data cable?

To Jim - I would presume the cable is fixed (wired, not user diddle-able) into the scanner and has only the one 1.25" connector at the screen.  If it was diddle-able, that would be the way to go.  But there is stil the issue of unstepping the mast, etc.

To John - the A37 is keel-stepped, so the junction box would be below decks.

Cheers
Jack
ex KC641


Kris Coward wrote:

>On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 07:00:13PM -0400, Jack Vanderloo wrote:
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>>Has anyone - most installation manuals' instructions clearly to the 
>>contrary - with radar ever cut and rejoined the data cable at an inside 
>>junction box when there has been absolutely no other alternative (such 
>>as trying to force a 1.25" connector up a 1.25" OD pedestal guard pipe) 
>>and still ended up with a functional radar?
>>
>>Any advice, tips, hope?
>>    
>>
>
>Back when I was in IT, I rolled plenty of my own data cables. It's not
>particularly difficult, and doesn't really require much by way of
>special tools (figure on a $20 phone/ethernet crimper, and $20 for a
>punch-down tool if you go for terminal blocks). I doubt that your data
>cable is pushing as much signal through it as your average computer
>network, so the computer bits (figure on about 5 bucks for parts if you
>go for jack& plug, or if you want to use a terminal block, just grab it
>from the dumpster at an office or large building renovation/demolition)
>should do the trick.
>
>Cheers,
>Kris
>#583 Candy Cane
>
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