I broke down and bought the Link 2000 from Jack Rabbit Marine. They were great to work with and the cost was much less than elsewhere. I highly recommend them. I'm electrically challenged so I did what I could to research the installation. Including all the stuff necessary to mount the device. The packaging it came in wasn't too clear, but I did my best with assistance from West Marine. I usually judge the complexity of any project by the number of trips I make to Home Depot, West Marine or whereever. I spent a fortune in cell minutes calling Seattle and Connecticut. This one clearly transended all other endeavors I had attempted. Once wired up, as soon as I attached the blue and violet power wires, the two 2-amp fuses went bye-bye. After saying a few explitives, I signed off for the rest of the day. My wife told me, "John, I want you to hire someone who knows what they're doing." Smart woman. I called a buddy who sells centrifuges for a living and has lived on an Irwin 38 for nearly two decades. He came over and went through what I did. He said, "Looks like you did everything right." What I didn't tell him was that I had changed a bus-bar after calling him on the phone. The one sold to me by West Marine just didn't look right. I asked the salesman if there were metal plates connecting each side of the bar. He said yes. Well, it didn't. After I made the change and the power was re-attached with new fuses, the readout announced a job well done. Man, was I relieved. I learned a lot with this project. If anyone is contemplating a similar one I'll be happy to offer advice. The one remaining thing I have to tackle is where to mount the shunt. My 410 battery compartment doesn't offer too many options unless I want to spend more money and get longer battery cables. John Richard s/v Jack's Place
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Yea, John...
..good job! The advantage of doing these things yourself is you always know how to trouble-shoot and replacement is a piece of cake when you did the installation. Because, as we all know, almost everything breaks down sometime.
..good job! The advantage of doing these things yourself is you always know how to trouble-shoot and replacement is a piece of cake when you did the installation. Because, as we all know, almost everything breaks down sometime.
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