[C320-list] Adding Electronics to Pedestal

[Allan Field]

Dave - I was OK until I ran the cable for the RAM mic - it went OK but I
think that the real challenge - the point I didn't make very well - is that
adding a cable for radar is going to be very tricky.  The RAM mic appears to
have taken up space available for the radar cable which I think would go if
it was not for the autohelm turn to the motor.  You must have drilled a
monster hole in the tube in order to get the RAM mic fitting through the
tube but even if you did, I don't see how you got the RAM mic fitting past
the turn for the autohelm.  Or did you cut the RAM mic cable like I wound up
doing? - Allan

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Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:20 AM
To: Allan.Field at comcast.net; C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Adding Electronics to Pedestal

On Mar 17, 2007, at 9:57 AM, Allan Field wrote:

> Quentin - This is a big project, very probably more than a day!  I  
> added a
> Raymarine C80 and RAM mic several a few years ago and this is what  
> I found,
> going from an aging memory.


I added a chart plotter and RAM mic last year and followed the same  
process - lifted the pedestal, drilled down on the starboard side,  
etc.  I was luckier than Allan I guess in that I don't recall much  
trouble getting the wires up the starboard tube.

The mistake I made was not sealing the joint between the tube and the  
deck adequately.  I had to lift the tube again a few months later and  
do a better job.