My 336 is 20 years old and never had a autopilot installed. I ordered the Raymarine EV100 autopilot in a box and just installed it. If anyone is going to attempt his I wanted to describe my experience and give some advice.
First off everything came in the box. The big problem is that the EV100 is a new componet and itis married up with the old st 4000 wheel motor. That is realy not a problem exceptn the instructions ge a little confusing.
I dont have any fancy electronics on my boat. All I wanted was an autopilot where I could punch AUTO and the boat would hold a course. I had to mount my P70 control head on the surface of the locker on the starbord side of the cockpit. Its kind of tough to see it is so low but it works well as all the other components were mounted in the adjacent battery locker.
Unfortunately there is no wiring diagram so if anyone is installing one of these here is the scoop on the wiring:
The white connectors on the multiconnector go to the following:
1. sensor core
2. p70 control head
3. motor controller ( this is a multi strand color coded connection to the Motor controller.
Th blue connector on the multiconnector is wired to the battery via the blue cable connected to the red cable via a t connector. a 5 amp inline fuse is required.
The motor controller needs to be connected to the battery with a 10 amp inline fuse
the motor controller is connected to the wheel control motor via a supplied power cable.
That may sound confusing but you will appreciate this if you have the kit in front of you.
Be careful where you locate the wheel motor. It sticks into a hole I drilled into my fiberglass box pedestal. It must have depth clearance and it must not interfere with the rudder control chains. I had to dril a half circle to allow room for my wheel motor. You can see it in the pictures.
The p70 pretty much has good instructions for the dockside set up and seatrial. All i can say is I did the dockside and the went out and made 2 circles and the thing works like a charm. I can sit back and have a beer and the boat steers itself.
I am having trouble downloading my pics I will try to add later
First off everything came in the box. The big problem is that the EV100 is a new componet and itis married up with the old st 4000 wheel motor. That is realy not a problem exceptn the instructions ge a little confusing.
I dont have any fancy electronics on my boat. All I wanted was an autopilot where I could punch AUTO and the boat would hold a course. I had to mount my P70 control head on the surface of the locker on the starbord side of the cockpit. Its kind of tough to see it is so low but it works well as all the other components were mounted in the adjacent battery locker.
Unfortunately there is no wiring diagram so if anyone is installing one of these here is the scoop on the wiring:
The white connectors on the multiconnector go to the following:
1. sensor core
2. p70 control head
3. motor controller ( this is a multi strand color coded connection to the Motor controller.
Th blue connector on the multiconnector is wired to the battery via the blue cable connected to the red cable via a t connector. a 5 amp inline fuse is required.
The motor controller needs to be connected to the battery with a 10 amp inline fuse
the motor controller is connected to the wheel control motor via a supplied power cable.
That may sound confusing but you will appreciate this if you have the kit in front of you.
Be careful where you locate the wheel motor. It sticks into a hole I drilled into my fiberglass box pedestal. It must have depth clearance and it must not interfere with the rudder control chains. I had to dril a half circle to allow room for my wheel motor. You can see it in the pictures.
The p70 pretty much has good instructions for the dockside set up and seatrial. All i can say is I did the dockside and the went out and made 2 circles and the thing works like a charm. I can sit back and have a beer and the boat steers itself.
I am having trouble downloading my pics I will try to add later