I recently purchased the Raymarine ST 60 value pack for the purpose of replacing the wind speed and direction transducers and connecting cables that originally came on my 1985 Hunter 31. The value pack also comes with the speed and depth transducers and cables and I will be replacing them as well. The speed and depth transducers and cables are fairly straight forward, but the work on the mast head is another story. Any advice on this project is greatly appreciated.
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I just installed the same set in my 1987 Hunter 40. To install the wind speed indicator the mast must come down. I had to run an electricians fish cable the fell length of the mast inside the pvc conduit to run the wind cable. This cable must be cut and spliced - mine was in the bilge. Raymarine gives you a junction box for this purpose. My mast is deck stepped so the cable had to be fished down the mast support and make a right angle turn to get to the bilge. Bad words were spoken! As to the knot and depth meter cables don't even think of cutting and splicing them according to directions. You must run the cables FROM the thru hull TO your instrument pod. Remember the depth transducer must be threaded from the OUTSIDE of the hull, while the same is not true of the knot meter transducer. (The parts are separable.) At the helm I had to run the cables plus one for the autopilot through a relatively small Merriman sternpost without interferance with the steering chains and cables, a daunting task indeed! One of the hardest aspects of my install was getting the cables out of the sternpost, into the stainless grabpost, and up into the Navpod instrument holder. Tolerances were tight.
I just installed the same set in my 1987 Hunter 40. To install the wind speed indicator the mast must come down. I had to run an electricians fish cable the fell length of the mast inside the pvc conduit to run the wind cable. This cable must be cut and spliced - mine was in the bilge. Raymarine gives you a junction box for this purpose. My mast is deck stepped so the cable had to be fished down the mast support and make a right angle turn to get to the bilge. Bad words were spoken! As to the knot and depth meter cables don't even think of cutting and splicing them according to directions. You must run the cables FROM the thru hull TO your instrument pod. Remember the depth transducer must be threaded from the OUTSIDE of the hull, while the same is not true of the knot meter transducer. (The parts are separable.) At the helm I had to run the cables plus one for the autopilot through a relatively small Merriman sternpost without interferance with the steering chains and cables, a daunting task indeed! One of the hardest aspects of my install was getting the cables out of the sternpost, into the stainless grabpost, and up into the Navpod instrument holder. Tolerances were tight.
Excellent advice
Rip and Tim have given you the best advice. If you can, have a trusted marina do it and Tip's right that it's a daunting task feeding wires, etc. Now for some bad advice. I upgraded from the ST30's to the ST60's last summer; I think Raymarine's value packaging is smart. If you're coming from ST30 transducers, they're interchangable; just plug them into the ST60. (My reason for upgrading was because the speed transducer broke; spliced in the new ST60 transducer.) And some really, really bad advice: left the mast up as I used my TopClimber to go right to the top (over the top) and installed the wind transducer. Fed the wire down the mast thanks to a lead left by Hunter for that purpose. I spliced the wind cable at the base of the mast so I can disconnect when I need to unstep the mast. The other advice is better; this is just another story for the board. Good luck; I think you'll like the ST60.
Rip and Tim have given you the best advice. If you can, have a trusted marina do it and Tip's right that it's a daunting task feeding wires, etc. Now for some bad advice. I upgraded from the ST30's to the ST60's last summer; I think Raymarine's value packaging is smart. If you're coming from ST30 transducers, they're interchangable; just plug them into the ST60. (My reason for upgrading was because the speed transducer broke; spliced in the new ST60 transducer.) And some really, really bad advice: left the mast up as I used my TopClimber to go right to the top (over the top) and installed the wind transducer. Fed the wire down the mast thanks to a lead left by Hunter for that purpose. I spliced the wind cable at the base of the mast so I can disconnect when I need to unstep the mast. The other advice is better; this is just another story for the board. Good luck; I think you'll like the ST60.
Wind transducer
I lost my wind transducer and I am left with the display unit of wind instrument ST50. ANy of you guys, who just got a vlaue pacj from Raymarine, have a spare wind transducer with the cable, that you want to sale? Pleas contact me at andre.kapuscinski at ene.gov.on.ca Thak you !!!!
I lost my wind transducer and I am left with the display unit of wind instrument ST50. ANy of you guys, who just got a vlaue pacj from Raymarine, have a spare wind transducer with the cable, that you want to sale? Pleas contact me at andre.kapuscinski at ene.gov.on.ca Thak you !!!!
Wind transducer - missing letters
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Sorry for the hectic writing and missing letters in the previous message
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