- Jun 5, 2016
- 5,617
- Boat Info
- 410 Sundancer
2001
12" Axiom and 9" Axiom+ MFD
- Engines
- Cat 3126 V-Drives
Now that I have the a128 installed and working pretty well, I am going to digitize all of my instruments. The impetus for this is that my Tach's are barely functional. They are split from about 50 RPM to over 300 RPM depending on the engine speed and are just tempermental.
Two new Aetna's are about $750, and I'm not a fan of the digital read out, doesn't fit with the other guages. After much research into the Noland Engineering RS11/RS33, the Albi-Combi, and Chetco Digital SeaGuage G2, I selected the Chetco Digital Sea Guage G2. All of these options are about $750 as well, but add the ability to digitize more than the tachs.
A lot of the information is based on the experience of Orlando "SKybolt" He's on here as well but here is his post over at THT
https://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-electronics-forum/881525-chetco-digital-sea-gauge-g2.html
In addition to upgrading the Tach's, this will allow me to add pressure and temp instruments to the transmissions, similar to Ttmott's upgrade.
http://clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/save-your-transmission-modifications.66004/
Another goal was to add remote monitoring of critical systems, most importantly the bilge pump alarms.
A couple of other things that could be monitored, but I'm not doing is the Generator can be monitored and Chetco has NEMA2k dual channel fuel flow meters that are about $500 each. Maybe in the future...
Two new Aetna's are about $750, and I'm not a fan of the digital read out, doesn't fit with the other guages. After much research into the Noland Engineering RS11/RS33, the Albi-Combi, and Chetco Digital SeaGuage G2, I selected the Chetco Digital Sea Guage G2. All of these options are about $750 as well, but add the ability to digitize more than the tachs.
A lot of the information is based on the experience of Orlando "SKybolt" He's on here as well but here is his post over at THT
https://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-electronics-forum/881525-chetco-digital-sea-gauge-g2.html
In addition to upgrading the Tach's, this will allow me to add pressure and temp instruments to the transmissions, similar to Ttmott's upgrade.
http://clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/save-your-transmission-modifications.66004/
Another goal was to add remote monitoring of critical systems, most importantly the bilge pump alarms.
A couple of other things that could be monitored, but I'm not doing is the Generator can be monitored and Chetco has NEMA2k dual channel fuel flow meters that are about $500 each. Maybe in the future...
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