Sadler wiring routes

[eddystone]

I’m about to fit (or if I run out of time/weather get someone else to fit!) a Raymarine i50 depth in the panel above the hatch alongside an existing i50 log. The electrical connection should be straightforward link between the two although I’m not 100% sure this works in the absence of a full ST spine. But I have to route the transducer wire up there and I can’t see where it might go behind the moulded headlining. It’s a 32 but I think all Sadlers are the same in that respect.

 

[vyv_cox]

Not sure they are all the same. In the 34 the transducer wire runs under the sole from the heads to beneath the chart table.

 

[DJE]

Years ago I installed speed depth and wind instruments in our Sadler 29. I ran the cables between the deck moulding and the liner but I had to drill about three 50mm holes in the liner for access. A friend with a lathe turned me some nice teak plugs to cover the holes.

 

[eddystone]

That sounds a bit drastic - please understand electrics are a complete mystery to me even after reading a book on the subject. By definition there must be an existing power cable and a transducer from the log instrument running down between the deck and the headlining and the transducer wire must join up with the fore-aft cable run behind the plywood panels on the starboard side. So if, having removed the teak instrument panel, I can poke something stiff but bendy like garden wire down it might work as a mousing line to pull the transducer cable up?

 

[Poey50]

Are you a member of the Sadler Facebook Group? There may be more replies there.

 

[eddystone]

Are you a member of the Sadler Facebook Group? There may be more replies there.

Sorry don’t do social media so former Sadler forum no longer available to me

 

[Poey50]

I don't do social media either. I have a Facebook account with nothing on it at all purely to gain access to four good Facebook groups. The Sadler Group is a rich resource.

 

[Hydrozoan]

It’s a while since I got into that particular area, but I think you may find it relatively easy to get down from the void between the deck head and the liner to the void between the liner and the vertical bulkhead over the quarter berth - and from there further jiggling should get you to the connection point you desire - if I’ve understood your situation correctly, that is, and apologies if I have not.

BTW this recent thread on feeding cables Poking wire through pulpit tubing produced some interesting tips which may be helpful, if you have not already seen it.