New to Sea Ray looking for some guidance

Anthony cuocco

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Sep 24, 2022
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1988 searay ec 39
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Mercrusier 7.4
Buying a 1988 sea ray 39 ec want to convert gauges to digital. Any thoughts
 
Would you do the work? I cant find anyone to replace my originals with new analog. ‘91. They all say, wires may be too brittle, don’t know what kind of rats nest might be back there. Good luck.
They wrong on first point. Wires flexible, right on second point. After multiple owners it’s a rats nest back there. That’s why I won’t touch it myself.
 
Anthony, A little something to consider.....when you have analog gauges a quick scan, even when you're in bumpy water will give you a quick read of the gauge because all you really have to do it look at the position of the needle. When you have digital gauges it takes you a bit longer to read the gauges because you actually have to read the numbers on the gauge.
 
Yep. Back in the day GM tried digital gauges.along with many other cars, all went back to analog. My wife has a car with fake gauges, 4 choices. 3 are ‘analog’ styles, 1 is ‘digital’ style.
 
Anthony, A little something to consider.....when you have analog gauges a quick scan, even when you're in bumpy water will give you a quick read of the gauge because all you really have to do it look at the position of the needle. When you have digital gauges it takes you a bit longer to read the gauges because you actually have to read the numbers on the gauge.
Race car drivers and auto aficionados figured out early on that digital readouts were no good for quick glimpses. You don't need to know that the temp is 176.8 degrees; it's enough to see the needle just below the tick mark on the gauge face to know you're okay. Even more to the point, you'll see a lot of race cars with the gauges rotated in all goofy directions, but the needles then all point straight up when they're in their proper running range.
 
Race car drivers and auto aficionados figured out early on that digital readouts were no good for quick glimpses. You don't need to know that the temp is 176.8 degrees; it's enough to see the needle just below the tick mark on the gauge face to know you're okay. Even more to the point, you'll see a lot of race cars with the gauges rotated in all goofy directions, but the needles then all point straight up when they're in their proper running range.
Yep. One quick look and you everything is "normal."
 
My only question is why would you want to
 
I added a brand new Garmin chartplotter to mine and also bought a Noland RS-11 unit and it takes the readings off of the old analog gauges and then converts the signal from the gauges to a digital signal that plugs into the backbone system and then the chartplotters digital gauge capability works fine. It was relatively easy to install, I don't loose the analog gauges and I also get the added benefit of digital gauges too. The most daunting task was sitting there with my laptop and figuring out how to set everything right.
 
When I was in racing, we would turn the analog gauges so the normal reading would always point at 12:00 o clock. Took less than a second to check all the gauges.
 

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