New Simrad TP22 Question

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Father Christmas brought me a new TP22 :)
My old one (15 years old and has never missed a beat) still works well, but as a singlehander, I felt it was time to relegate it to “spare” status and have a new one.
Trouble is, Simrad have changed from a 6 pin to a 9 pin plug and socket so a quick tillerpilot changeover is not on the cards now.
does the team think it is better to fit a second new socket or just go with the new socket and change the plug on the old TP22 to a new 9 pin to fit the new socket? I haven’t googled the availability of 9pin TP22 plugs yet.
Also....
is Simnet just a proprietary version of NMEA 2000, and will the supplied Simnet cable plug straight into my NMEA 2000 backbone?
 
If you have no upmarket requirements I would fit the new ram with a six pin plug, which are available from Force 4.
I had a similar dilemma with a 9 pin Simrad and a square type Raymarine and was not able to find a 9 pin plug to attach......a square type plug and socket from Raymarine would be an astounding £50.

In the end I may well cut them both off and go for something simple and modestly repairable.
 
doug748 said:
If you have no upmarket requirements I would fit the new ram with a six pin plug, which are available from Force 4.
I had a similar dilemma with a 9 pin Simrad and a square type Raymarine and was not able to find a 9 pin plug to attach......a square type plug and socket from Raymarine would be an astounding £50.

In the end I may well cut them both off and go for something simple and modestly repairable.
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They're standard Bulgin Buccaneer connectors.

https://uk.farnell.com/c/connectors...nectors?brand=bulgin&no-of-contacts=9contacts
 
Thanks, for some reason it never occurred to me to google Bulgin plug which I see are £10 from CPC which I will fit on the old TP22.
Any info on the Simnet NMEA2000 compatibility, thanks Again?
 
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I thought I would exhume this thread (see 1st post). My then 15year old TP22 is now 21 years old, and my then new TP22 is now 5 years old. For various reasons the boat has been out of commission for most of this year - all now sorted, so went to pick up boat from the yard where the work has been done and got everything ready for the short trip back to my home marina (Woodbridge to Ipswich as it happens). Plugged in the 5 year old TP22 and zilch just some weak intermittent lights. OK, got the 21 year old TP22 out and all fine with that unit all the way home (singlehanded).
I opened up the 5 year old TP22 and discovered inside what was £500 5years ago is now a rusty lump of god knows what that had obviously been holding a fair bit of water inside. Motor seized solid and hall sensor board more or less dissolved. It has had a fairly easy life maybe out in the rain some days but no green water over the cockpit!
So Simrad/Navico, what an appalling piece of industrial design that is plainly not fit for purpose and now a useless P.O.S. with zero spares available for the insides other than a drive belt. And yes, I am aware of all the posts on here about water ingress in both Simrad and Raymarine Tillerpilots and really do wish I had used a waterproof bag over them but never had a problem with my old one. Simrad have a poor rep for fixing their kit so this is just a cathartic "get it off my chest post" really. If they sold spares I would have been happy to solder in a new motor and board. Now harvesting it for spares. Here are pictures of the insides of the 21 yr old and 5 yr old TPs.

21 years old and works fine.
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5 year old P.O.S.
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I have AH800 + Ah1000 + AH2000

All are ancient ... none are ever 'bagged' or protected from weather ... all three perform as good today as when they came out of their boxes.

They live on the boats summer - winter ...
 
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