Electrics Help required Nmea connection

[ians]

Good Afternoon All
Need some advice, current set up is Furuno 1650W Gps Plotter linked to St7000 autopilot and also linked to Furuno radar via the nmea cable.
Just invested in a Simrad RS87 DSC radio so need the nmea connection for this aswell.
Am I overloading the system and should I invest in a nmea buffer or will the system be ok.

Any advice appreciated

regards

ians

 

[Danny]

Should be OK. Most NMEA 'talkers' are happy to drive up to 3 'listeners'.

 

[ians]

Cheers for that Danny

 

[stephenmartin]

Crickey

I was just about to post the same question

 

[stephenmartin]

But I forgot to ask....can they be all connected together...or do they need to be daisy chained

 

[ians]

Stephen
Mine at the moment are just connected together in a block, I may go down the route of a proper junction box

ians

 

[Danny]

So long as they're effectively connected in parallel it probably won't matter if you fan out the connections from the GPS or "daisy chain" them. A daisy chain may reduce the amount of cable required. A fan-out is easier to fault find on if things don't work.