Endeavourquay
Well-Known Member
Having been chatting to the manufacturers, I am very pleased to find out that the actual face, screen and control buttons are in fact splash proof to the ISP65 standard, The O ring supplied will give some water ingress protection to the back of the unit, but would need to be suplemented with a better sealant(as we do with most of our instruments).
So the risk of spray or rain getting it wet, isnt as great as I feared.
Though there is the screen, in common with all such screens they absorb sunlight and could if neglected on a hot sunny day, cook, but that goes too, for our chartplotters and all other such screens and is why we are supplied with covers for them.
Nasa know that the best conditions for maximum life of the units is inside the cabin, but I am now reasured that I will be able to use it in my cockpit, provided that I dont expect it to sit in water, or bake it in the sun.
Another interesting point is that the alarm can be mounted anywhere, so that you can hear when a problem (marauding ship) is heading your way, then go into the cabin to view the radar screen and Identify the ship concerned, this is, afterall where your radio is likely to be should you need to use your radio to call them on MMSI, if you realise that you cannot escape their path easily.
So I am very happy again, Ive got a lovely piece of Kit, British built, that I know will greatly add to my safety.
Kind thanks to the gentleman from Nasa who was able to answer all my concerns,
It has been pointed out to me that a lot of items cannot be described as waterproof or people would expect to be able to leave them sitting in pools of water, or retrieve them from the ocean floor and get them replaced for new. Fair point.
So the risk of spray or rain getting it wet, isnt as great as I feared.
Though there is the screen, in common with all such screens they absorb sunlight and could if neglected on a hot sunny day, cook, but that goes too, for our chartplotters and all other such screens and is why we are supplied with covers for them.
Nasa know that the best conditions for maximum life of the units is inside the cabin, but I am now reasured that I will be able to use it in my cockpit, provided that I dont expect it to sit in water, or bake it in the sun.
Another interesting point is that the alarm can be mounted anywhere, so that you can hear when a problem (marauding ship) is heading your way, then go into the cabin to view the radar screen and Identify the ship concerned, this is, afterall where your radio is likely to be should you need to use your radio to call them on MMSI, if you realise that you cannot escape their path easily.
So I am very happy again, Ive got a lovely piece of Kit, British built, that I know will greatly add to my safety.
Kind thanks to the gentleman from Nasa who was able to answer all my concerns,
It has been pointed out to me that a lot of items cannot be described as waterproof or people would expect to be able to leave them sitting in pools of water, or retrieve them from the ocean floor and get them replaced for new. Fair point.
