what am I looking for !

Fitting a removable plotter on a bracket and want to be able to recess the cables into "something" when plotter+ bracket are removed so they are not dangling about in the way. So, something like this in concept, but this too big...
Any ideas, anyone?
http://www.marinemegastore.com/product.asp?pf_id=PLA_35791&jump=0&cat_id=PLUCAL001

would it be perhaps best to wire a "waterproof deck plug" fitting and have just a short lead which you plug from that to the plotter when in use?

e.g.
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would it be perhaps best to wire a "waterproof deck plug" fitting and have just a short lead which you plug from that to the plotter when in use?

e.g.
ZNDDP7.JPG
Ah, that is an idea, but the NMEA 2000 is ?? wires, the sonar is 7 and the power 2.. so thats rather alot more connections ;)
Though I can't recall how I powered the original nmea network, so maybe I dont need the power...
 
I use brush seals on my dashboards to lose my VHF curly wires. You'd need to add a foam friction device behind the brush so you could push the loose cables into the brush against some slight resistance, so they don't just drop away when you remove the plotter

Cheap as chips http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Bru...167732?hash=item33a6f15c34:g:AA4AAOSwMmBVwMu9

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Come to think of it, you could have the plotter's cables coming through a piece of plywood mounted 25mm behind the brush seal, out of sight, with the cables sliding freely in the plywood's holes but the holes small enough that the plugs cant pass through. When you remove your plotter, let the cables fall down the hole till the plugs hit the plywood. The plugs will be neatly hidden just behind the "curtain" formed by the brush seal. To re-install your plotter, just "fish around" thru the brush seal and get hold of the plugs, and pull the cables . You can get 2-gang brush seals
 
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I use brush seals on my dashboards to lose my VHF curly wires. You'd need to add a foam friction device behind the brush so you could push the loose cables into the brush against some slight resistance, so they don't just drop away when you remove the plotter

Cheap as chips http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Bru...167732?hash=item33a6f15c34:g:AA4AAOSwMmBVwMu9

novurania%20-%202.jpg


Come to think of it, you could have the plotter's cables coming through a piece of plywood mounted 25mm behind the brush seal, out of sight, with the cables sliding freely in the plywood's holes but the holes small enough that the plugs cant pass through. When you remove your plotter, let the cables fall down the hole till the plugs hit the plywood. The plugs will be neatly hidden just behind the "curtain" formed by the brush seal. To re-install your plotter, just "fish around" thru the brush seal and get hold of the plugs, and pull the cables . You can get 2-gang brush seals

I thought you might come up with the solution ;) I found a small to-mount box in Maplins, so the two looks like a good combo...
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/box-with-base-type-1-black-49x285x13mm-jx56l
By the way, the orange life rings are looking very retro...

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or maybe use a dry wall mounting box
http://www.screwfix.com/p/appleby-1-gang-35mm-dry-lining-box/44827
 
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Yep that's clever - use a dry wall mounting box - £1. That would all be a really neat solution to your problem and score 10/10 on aesthetics
Yup very retro! Not mine - that pic is shot in Fairline's old Ipswich boat fitting shed just after my tender was delivered
 
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