Coiled lead

[Guest]

Does anyone know a source for a small length of heavy duty coiled multicore cable. Something like the coiled cables on keyboards or telephones but heavier. Thanks.

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[aztec]

you could try your local truck parts supplier for an electrical "suzy" (used for the electrical connection on semi trailers.

i'm sure we used to use coily ones... seven core too.

dunno where abouts you are (profile?) but TPI (truck parts international) or you may be lucky and find an old one in a truck workshop.

good luck, steve.

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[omega2]

Or a caravan dealership

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[Alex_Blackwood]

What are you going to use it for? A lead such as you are looking for, if used on single phase Alternating Current (domestic type ac), can act as an AUTOTRANSFORMER and produce high voltages. It can also have an effect on the current carrying capacity of the cable. I won't go into the details in depth. Suffice to say you should check with a competent person before use! Apologies if you are one!
You should not have any problems if used on DC.

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[Guest]

My children gave me a yeoman plotter for my 50th birthday. Its one that you can use in the cockpit but needs to be connected to GPS, power, radar. Rather than a staight lead, I want a coiled lead because it is neater. a 4-core is minimum.

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[gunnarsilins]

Farnell components...

...have coiled 4-6 core cable. But it´s not screened, which I beleive you´ll need.
www.farnell.com

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[Guest]

Re: Farnell components...

sorry for my extreme ignorance but what is screened and why woul I need it?


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[andyball]

Re: Farnell components...

Screened means that surrounding the signal wires is a layer of something conductive (might be foil, wire,braid & could be on each individual wire, round all of them -or sometimes both)....intended to stop interference reaching the signal wires.

I don't know the yeoman well, but on a lot of consumer equipment a heavy cable is the last thing you want since the weight tends to pull too hard on the connection, breaking it, or sometimes the circuit boards inside-but maybe you're not using the cable direct to it? or can arrange suitable support.

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[Guest]

Re: Farnell components...

Thanks for yr reply. You make an important point and I had not thought of the weight. Maybe that is why they supply as standard a straight cable. If I use the coiled cable i was inteding to support it on the yeoman side with wide velcro strip and on the bulkhead side with cable ties dirtect to the bulkhead. Maybe a bad idea all round.

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[tome]

Vincent

I use a Yeoman in the cockpit and have a permanent connector under the sprayhood for this with power and nmea connections to the GPS receiver. I have a second such connector wired in parallel at the chart table. I would not recommend using any heavy cable on the Yeoman. Both the connector and the panel on which it is mounted (on the back of the Yeoman) are far too delicate to support such a cable.

You are probably aware that you can use the Yeoman to send waypoints to the GPS receiver, so you should wire both NMEA in and out.

Regards
Tom

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[Guest]

Thanks Tom. Very useful info.

It was the connector at the back of the yeoman which seemed to me quite weak. (incidentally, the only criticism i have on an otherwise magical product) and in my view prone to breakage if someone tripped over the wire hence my thoughts on using a coiled wire. I think however now you have all convinced me of the unsuitability! Just can't wait to use it.


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[Talbot]

Try Index at <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.indexmarine.co.uk>http://www.indexmarine.co.uk</A>

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[tome]

Vincent

When you use it, make sure that the GPS receiver is set to the same datum as the chart you are using. The best charts are the portfolio versions, which fit nicely and for which the Yeoman already has chart reference points which saves a lot of laborious position entries.

One useful tip. The chart will move inside the envelope. Put a cross on the sleeve at each of the 3 chart reference points, then you can see when the chart has moved and quickly reposition it.

All my crew fight to use the yeoman - brillian concept and very easy to use. I found it particularly useful sailing around the channel islands single handed. I gather that the business has now been taken over by B&G.

Happy plotting
Tom

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[Guest]

Tom,

I have most of the folios. Sadly all are out of date now (some more than others) and they all use an OS datum whreas my GPS is set at WGS84 which co-incidentally is also the new datum for these folios. I could of course re-set the datum on the GPS but sometimes I use other charts. I was going to LBIS with strict instructions not to buy anything however I feel chart updates may be on the cards....and also i really need some clutches....and..

Thanks fr your help
Vincent




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[Dave_Knowles]

Try Yeoman as they fit a coiled lead on the sports plotter for the mouse and this might be ok for what you want.

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Southampton - uk

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[qsiv]

Not forgetting that B&G are now Simrad!

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