GPS wire
 

I have a used raymarine GPS where the wire is too short.

I am wondering if I can use ordinary cat5 cable to replace the original
wire. It looks like the power is used carried on one of the wires.

Paul

I would NOT use cat-5 cable for anything on a boat (Except ethernet
because I have never found a stranded TP ethernet quality cable)... it
is solid wire and I am not a fan of solid wire on a boat... use a
quality marine grade tinned wire. Most marine supply stores have a good
selection of multiconductor wire. BTW... I am assuming that the
existing wire is NOT coax... I have only seen a couple GPS units that
use coax...




Paul Winchester wrote:
I have a used raymarine GPS where the wire is too short.

I am wondering if I can use ordinary cat5 cable to replace the original
wire. It looks like the power is used carried on one of the wires.

Paul

Good point, I forgot about the cat5 being solid wire. I will look for some
stranded multiconductor wire.

Thanks
Paul

"Ed" wrote in message
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I would NOT use cat-5 cable for anything on a boat (Except ethernet
because I have never found a stranded TP ethernet quality cable)... it is
solid wire and I am not a fan of solid wire on a boat... use a quality
marine grade tinned wire. Most marine supply stores have a good selection
of multiconductor wire. BTW... I am assuming that the existing wire is
NOT coax... I have only seen a couple GPS units that use coax...




Paul Winchester wrote:
I have a used raymarine GPS where the wire is too short.

I am wondering if I can use ordinary cat5 cable to replace the original
wire. It looks like the power is used carried on one of the wires.

Paul

"Paul Winchester" wrote in message
...
Good point, I forgot about the cat5 being solid wire. I will look for some
stranded multiconductor wire.

Well, any cat5 "patch" (up to 30 m) cable has stranded wires.

Meindert

On 2005-02-14 09:15:17 +1100, Ed said:



I would NOT use cat-5 cable for anything on a boat (Except ethernet
because I have never found a stranded TP ethernet quality cable)... it
is solid wire and I am not a fan of solid wire on a boat... use a
quality marine grade tinned wire. Most marine supply stores have a
good selection of multiconductor wire. BTW... I am assuming that the
existing wire is NOT coax... I have only seen a couple GPS units that
use coax...




Paul Winchester wrote:
I have a used raymarine GPS where the wire is too short.

I am wondering if I can use ordinary cat5 cable to replace the original
wire. It looks like the power is used carried on one of the wires.

Paul

Wrong! Cat 5e comes as solid conductor for link runs within building
spaces and as stranded cable for patches and wall to computer
connection cables. The same exists for Cat 6 cable as well.

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Regards,
John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
S/V Chagall