anyone know what these boat electronics are?
Submitted by Bill Chaser on Fri, 2011-06-17 16:36
Ive just bought a new boat and am a bit confused as to what a couple of the electronics are....
PIC A+B: Im not sure what the small black plug like hole is in next to the switches...? it looks kind of like a cig lighter but it has a solid plastic column in the middle of it? Ive had a look at the cable behind it and it looks as though it has a fuse in the line if that helps?
PIC C: Not what this cradle is for? It looks like a GPS cradle with a lead that is meant to plug into something, but the boat already has a good humminbird and a furuno sounder on it.
Any ideas?? thanks in advance- I know its probably something pretty obvious but its got me stumped
thanks in advance!
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Paul N
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pic c
yes it is a gps cradle for a hand held gps. I have the same one myself . The cable and box is the 12 volt adaptor cable for it but the gps is also battery operated
Bill Chaser
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Thanks for that Paul, that
Thanks for that Paul, that solves one mystery....
anyone have any ideas on the other one?
Feral
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usually the black plug is
usually the black plug is used to power a hand held spot light .. but without a great picture its hard to tell .. usually it has 2 pins - low voltage connector
Bill Chaser
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Thats what I orginally
Thats what I orginally thought... but theres no pins or metal contact points or anything on it...
I guess the best way to describe it is that it looks like a film cannister (but smaller in diameter) with one solid black plastic tube in the center of it thats about the the width of a bic biro but black in colour....
Will try and get a better pic of it tomorrow in the sunlight
alfred
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The small black hole with the
The small black hole with the plastic dowel inside is an air temperature sensor.
I suspect you have a Merc on the transom. Smartcraft gauges have a barometer in them.
snappermiles
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pic a & b
looks like a fuse holder to me its just missing the fuse and the screw on top piece, is there wires conected to the back of it and where do they go??
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Bill Chaser
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thanks alfred
thanks alfred
yep, merc with smart guages so it must be the air temp sensor.
snapper- there is wires connected to it- one to the battery bar and the other goes somewhere up near the guages, so it makes sense that its the temp sensor
cheers for that guys