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Originally Posted by Keith
(Post 4701619)
The Livorsi GPS speedo had $2 coin battery soldered into the external hockey-puck type antenna. They wanted $75 (+shipping?) to install a new battery every couple years. Instead, I took a piece of wire and went from my GPS data output, to the gauge data input. Depending on your marine VHF radio model, you can also use the same GPS data feed to send location data to your radio as well.
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The connection will be exposed to all sorts of extreme temps and weather conditions. It really depends on what you're most comfortable with and how much work you want to do. You don't want water or moisture getting into the splice. The data wires from both devices were very thin so you could use a little dab of di-electric grease on each exposed wire to prevent corrosion before crimping. Use a piece of heat shrink tubing around the connection.
There are really nice weather resistant connectors available like weather pack, molex and others. The advantage to a weather resistant connector is you can take unplug later without having to cut wires. |
Originally Posted by F14A water jet
(Post 4701526)
Is there a page/menu on your Elite 5 that give a GPS speed readout on the screen?
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Originally Posted by Keith
(Post 4701619)
The Livorsi GPS speedo had $2 coin battery soldered into the external hockey-puck type antenna. They wanted $75 (+shipping?) to install a new battery every couple years. Instead, I took a piece of wire and went from my GPS data output, to the gauge data input. Depending on your marine VHF radio model, you can also use the same GPS data feed to send location data to your radio as well.
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Originally Posted by TomZ
(Post 4701796)
Tom, yes it has a screen that provides GPS speed along with course direction and waypoint guidance. |
Originally Posted by TomZ
(Post 4701797)
The newer speedometers have an external antenna. My antenna was powered by a 12V source, but didn’t seem to work well. The connection from the chart plotter fixed that. Did you se the phone message? |
Turns out my speedometer face is 4" in diameter and overall 4.5"...what size do I need? The 85mm was too small :-(https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...7c8f60e30f.jpg
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Originally Posted by shunter2005
(Post 4699267)
Faria Chesapeake model SGP010 (80 mph model), in white or black .
Additionally, did it come with an antenna/speed sensor? Thanks! |
Originally Posted by ph1971
(Post 4699276)
Don’t have a link but I believe the auto meter part number for the gauge I have is 200646-33. Thanks! |
Please forgive me...I have been focused on the trim plate and not on the actual hole in the dash. As you can see in the attached picture, the 3 3/8" (85mm) gauge fits the hole (but not the trim plate. Therefore, for very little money I can have a GPS speedometer...until I decide that I want to pay 5x more for a bigger one, or switch out the tachs (or all the gauges).
Thanks for putting up with me! Tomhttps://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...14759eba47.jpg |
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