[C320-list] Pedestal Wiring

[alahlm at comcast.net]

           Why lift the pedestal? just measure - carefully twice - and drill up from below,  also think about running a cat5 wire from the pedestal to the nav station at the same time for  future use

     Al Ahlman
   #476 

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: allan.field at comcast.net 

> 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" 
> 
> > 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 
> >