fuel flow gauge

[bigblockcutlass]

anybody use this guage, Lowrance LMF-200 It's a fuel flow guage. Look's kinda cheap. The flow sensors don't look the best.

 

[steelheder]

I've had the 200 and currently have the 400. No problems and they work great, they are right on the money when I fuel up.

 

[Clam Bake]

I use a Lowrance fuel flow sensor - it may look cheap but it works great, very accurate. I have had it for four years now. My sensor is connected to my Lowrance GPS/Chartplotter and not the specific gauge you are referring to.

 

[dpmulvey]

I've heard nothing but good regarding the performance from an installer. As an aside, the installer told me they (I don't know who "they" are) have a gateway that converts Smartcraft language to NMEA 2000 so all that information in your engines is accessable as well.

 

[bigblockcutlass]

Anymore input about this Lowrance fuel flow meter's. I have been looking at this agian. Seen the Lowrance HDS-7 gen2 with sturcture. How is this unit? Will it tell me fuel flow of each engine?
Went to Westmarine today, seen the older hds-5 with U.S insite. Don't look as good as my garmin 378 for map detial. They probably want you to buy up to navionics. I didn't see were it would give me data on two engine's for fuel flow. Right now I would $1700 in a setup with Lowrance and don't even know if I'd like it and have to buy more to make is work. The Stucture scan looks cool. Don't know if the would be nessary.

 

[Pack66Dad]

Anymore input about this Lowrance fuel flow meter's. I have been looking at this agian. Seen the Lowrance HDS-7 gen2 with sturcture. How is this unit? Will it tell me fuel flow of each engine?
Went to Westmarine today, seen the older hds-5 with U.S insite. Don't look as good as my garmin 378 for map detial. They probably want you to buy up to navionics. I didn't see were it would give me data on two engine's for fuel flow. Right now I would $1700 in a setup with Lowrance and don't even know if I'd like it and have to buy more to make is work. The Stucture scan looks cool. Don't know if the would be nessary.

I have a Lowrance HDS-7 and an HDS-5 installed on my boat. I also installed the EP-60R Fuel Flow sensors on each motor. Works like a dream, and they just plug into the network so it was easy. I get a GPH and GPM reading right on my chart screen so I can monitor it all the time. Its really nice to have the same information at the upper and lower stations.

 

[bigblockcutlass]

I have a Lowrance HDS-7 and an HDS-5 installed on my boat. I also installed the EP-60R Fuel Flow sensors on each motor. Works like a dream, and they just plug into the network so it was easy. I get a GPH and GPM reading right on my chart screen so I can monitor it all the time. Its really nice to have the same information at the upper and lower stations.

Does or will it show fuel flow on each engine at the same time? then combine the two for mpg?

thanks
Dan

 

[bigblockcutlass]

Also a stupid question, what's the difference between a 83/200khz and a 50/200khz transducer? Looking at the hds-8 and dropping the sturcture scan.

 

[bigblockcutlass]

I got what the 50/200khz is better for deep water.

 

[Pack66Dad]

Does or will it show fuel flow on each engine at the same time? then combine the two for mpg?

thanks
Dan

Actually it can do all that. You can set it up to show individual and/or combined results for GPH & GPM. It tells you fuel tank levels using the amount of fuel the tanks hold less the fuel you have used and a bunch of other stuff that I haven't played with yet. My buddy has flow scans on his boat but is so impressed with the fuel management features on mine he is going to switch to Lowrance just for that feature.

 

[bigblockcutlass]

Sounds impressive, I was just out at the boat today looking to see were I would put the thing. Not much room on this older 270.

 

[Loneranger]

http://www.boat-project.com/electro/proj-6.htm

Here is an installation description of a standard horizons monitor. A fuel flow monitor is on my to do list so I have been reading about them a bit. It seems Flo Scan and Maretron have higher quality sensors but they are pricey. I have read no complaints about the Lowrance sensor (which BTW is NMEA 2000 compliant and can be output to a MFD of your choice) functionality but I have read comments similar to the standard horizon that it seems cheap in contruction quality.

John

 

[bigblockcutlass]

I have my ep-60r lowrance low meters on oder with a nmea 2000 starter kit. Going with the Hds-8 gen two bundle with lss-1. 100 dollar rebate on that bundle going on now, Just have to what for the units to get off back order in March. I'll keep gather information on the hds unit. Something I don't like is how there locking up and rebooting. Software issue is suppose to fix that. I started out thinking I was going to spend a few hunderd on this and now i'm up to a couple grand.