[C320-list] Pedestal Wiring

[crashley at gte.net]

Another easy installation is to put the remote microphone jack toward the 
aft end of the port locker, under the seat. The wire easily reaches to a 
clip that can be installed on the port side of the engine instrument pod.

CRA
Rosebud #882


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R Airis" <rairis at comcast.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Pedestal Wiring


>I put my RAM plug  just aft of the propane locker and the mike on  a mike 
>clip on the strern  lower rail. Easy to reach from the helm and much easer 
>to install.
> No wire splices, just run the wire along the port side. You will need the 
> 10 ft. extension.
>
> Bob......Hale Kai 2      #266
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <allan.field at comcast.net>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Pedestal Wiring
>
>
>> Lifting the pedestal and drilling another hole is exactly what I did. 
>> Lifting the guard is not an easy job; it took 2 of us to wiggle it up 
>> enough to get a drill into the base.  Make sure you caulk well when 
>> putting everything back together again.
>>
>> Also, the ICOM does not come with quite enough cable to get back to the 
>> radio; order the 10-foot extension cable when you order the radio.
>>
>> Also, the fitting at the end of the ICOM cable that is supposed to plug 
>> into the back of the radio will not go through the tube and the 
>> instructions that come with the ICOM are clear - do not cut the cable. 
>> So I called the company and they told me that as long as you splice all 9 
>> or 10 color coded wires back together correctly, cutting the cable should 
>> not be a problem.  So that is what I did and reconnected them via a bus 
>> mounted on the bulkhead forward of the refrigerator compressor.  The 
>> radio has worked perfectly for about 4 years now with no issues.  This is 
>> a great upgrade.
>>
>> Allan S. Field
>> Sea Shadow - #808
>> Columbia, MD
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: "Chuck and Kathy" <katchu at chartermi.net>
>>
>>> There's still snow on the ground here in West Michigan, but I'm trying 
>>> to
>>> wire a GPS and an ICOM Command mike into my pedestal. The GPS has NMEA
>>> wiring to go to both the auto-pilot and back to the radio in the cabin.
>>> The command mike has a dedicated cable that also needs to go back to the 
>>> VHF
>>> radio in the main cabin. My question is how best to run the wires. I
>>> opened up both the Raytheon instrument Navpod and the main engine 
>>> control
>>> and there is no way to get any additional wiring through the instrument
>>> panel or the port side of the pedestal guard. However, I noticed that 
>>> there
>>> was not a hole drilled on the starboard side of the pedestal guard at 
>>> the
>>> base.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any suggestions? Should I lift up the pedestal guard and drill another
>>> hole?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chuck Mueller
>>>
>>> Northwind - Hull #676
>>>
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