Garmin fuel flow sensor vs SmartCraft/MercMonitor vs ???
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The reason i was asking is that, i'm considering going to the 496ho for repower..and wanted to add this feature for more dash input..what type of data would i get from either of the two mentioned above, because i dont have the room for the big display units on dash..and what is the size of the merc monitor unit
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thks tlr,
My boat from the factory came with a 7.4L MPI, and it was changed out to a Carb engine, now i''m looking to go back to an EFI, like the 496HO, can the merc monitor work simaltaneouly, withh the analog guages, or is the merc monitor set up to replace all guages..
My boat from the factory came with a 7.4L MPI, and it was changed out to a Carb engine, now i''m looking to go back to an EFI, like the 496HO, can the merc monitor work simaltaneouly, withh the analog guages, or is the merc monitor set up to replace all guages..
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thks tlr,
My boat from the factory came with a 7.4L MPI, and it was changed out to a Carb engine, now i''m looking to go back to an EFI, like the 496HO, can the merc monitor work simaltaneouly, withh the analog guages, or is the merc monitor set up to replace all guages..
My boat from the factory came with a 7.4L MPI, and it was changed out to a Carb engine, now i''m looking to go back to an EFI, like the 496HO, can the merc monitor work simaltaneouly, withh the analog guages, or is the merc monitor set up to replace all guages..
The only thing is the MercMonitor doesn't get fuel tank level data because they use analog senders that connect directly to the gauges rather than through the engine. I don't care about that because my fuel tanks gauges aren't very accurate anyway, but if you do you could replace just your fuel tank gauge with a SmartCraft one I think.
I think I get data for all the other gauges, even water speed, which was surprising.
That said, I'm not an expert on this stuff, I'm just giving you my experience.
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thats all i wanted, just some general info about it..and i guess my last question lol for now would be..do u fiid function useful, which i'm pretty sure i know what the answer would be, but just asking...lol i guess the more info the better..
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thks a million...you've been a grear help...so basically, the the merc monitor guage, is just a smaller version to the display unit limiting you to: three visual data displays at a time.. and lastly..lol i've been looking for the price of one of these units, the level 2 version....
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thks a million...you've been a grear help...so basically, the the merc monitor guage, is just a smaller version to the display unit limiting you to: three visual data displays at a time.. and lastly..lol i've been looking for the price of one of these units, the level 2 version....
- a SmartCraft gauge that can display various data, up to 3 or 4 pieces of data at a time depending on what it is and the screen layout
- a SmartCraft -> NMEA 2000 bridge which can send SmartCraft engine data to NMEA 2000 devices like chartplotters, etc.
Note that MercMonitor needs to get GPS data via NMEA in order to show MPG, GPS speed, etc.
The Level 2 kit I got, which included a 20' cable, termination resistors, etc, was $700. I don't know how much the unit itself would be but probably around $650.
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Yes, if you want MPG, distance traveled, etc. I think they're $100-200 for a marine antenna with NMEA output.
If you have room/money for a chartplotter I'd just get that for a couple hundred more (GPSMAP 400 series is like $400)
If you have room/money for a chartplotter I'd just get that for a couple hundred more (GPSMAP 400 series is like $400)