What is this ???

[Refueler]

Behind my switch panel is this large blue box with no identifying labels at all .... it has a serious multi cable in and a co-ax ...

The installer has scribed two arrows on it to show orientation - giving indication that this is directional ...

I have B&G Tack and Wind displays - maybe to do with these ??

The multi cable connects to this :

So what is it ?? I've searched online and can find nothing to match it at all ....

 

[Poignard]

If it starts ticking, run like hell.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Do the cables go anywhere? I found a hefty multi core on Sheolin that turned out to be from a removed radar system.

Sheolin does have one bit of kit that uses both multi core and co-ax, and that’s a Stowe Navigator 1&2 system which displays wind speed & direction plus boat speed. No junction box though.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

If it starts ticking, run like hell.

No, proper doomsday devices have a digital countdown!

 

[WoodyP]

Disconnect it and see what doesn't work.

 

[TSB240]

"Concubine" a slave woman. Do you have a repeater instrument somewhere else?

Aniseed translates directly towards ouzo?

Suggest you find a bottle and drink it should resolve all your problems.

 

[Boathook]

@Refueler what's in the box ? Years ago you could get a 'kit' that changed the depth transducer used depending upon tack, so is there 2 depth transducers on board either side ?

 

[BabaYaga]

The coax indicates an aerial of some sort. My wild guess would be a home made remote control, that is being able to turn on certain switches/functions from a distance.

 

[Refueler]

"Concubine" a slave woman. Do you have a repeater instrument somewhere else?

Aniseed translates directly towards ouzo?

Suggest you find a bottle and drink it should resolve all your problems.

Boat model is Conqubin ......

name : Anisette

 

[Refueler]

The coax indicates an aerial of some sort. My wild guess would be a home made remote control, that is being able to turn on certain switches/functions from a distance.

I have a distinct idea that the box interprets wind info and provides Tack info ..

Unfortunately I only have the display manuals and not the overall for the B&G gear ...

 

[mikefleetwood]

"Eddystone" box with "Hammerite" paint and no labels or printing suggests something homebrew or maybe kit-built. Take the lid off and see what's inside, that would be your best bet.

 

[greeny]

Clearly marked + and -. Get the test meter out and see which switch on the panel turns the supply on and off, it may give a clue. Last four connections -ve , then instrument, slave, siren? Good luck.

 

[pmagowan]

It is a diagonal steam trap. Makes the boat go faster.

 

[WoodyP]

Have you let the smoke out?

 

[Daydream believer]

I would be tempted to open the box & check the connections first to see if it is active. Then turn on all the instruments, wind depth etc. Disconect one at a time ( then re connect) & see what works, or does not, as suggested earlier.
There is evidence of corrosion on the outside so it may actually be redundant. My Simrad set had a distribution box ( albeit a bit more sophisticated) rather like that & each instrument was powered from it. I later changed the instruments & left the box in place for a couple of years until I got round to removing the wires. I needed the box to show me where the wires terminated so I knew what ones to remove.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Open the box and photo what’s inside. One might have an educated guess then?

 

[rogerthebodger]

There could also be a label inside or a reference number / name on the PCB

 

[Refueler]

Flicked switches ... all sorts other than opening up box .... nothing changes regardless of what switch etc.

Now interesting thing is that while delving into the underbunk depths .... this was found :

and at the end of its cable :

OK the flash has washed out the colour ... but its similar colour to the multi core cable from this Blue Box. I'm wondering if that Blue Box is like 'Daydream Believers' box ... a remnant of that old Garmin ??

I shall be 'googling' a lot about that unit.