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Ep 92 | Installing ALL NEW electronics and NMEA 2000 system
16 February 2025 · 17 min · 5K views · Mexico
What this video covers
After discovering a melted NAIS 500 unit and faulty cabling, the crew of Blue Pearl replaced their entire NMEA 2000 (N2K) network and electronics suite.Watch The upgrade included a new backbone, drop cables, and T-connectors to ensure proper network termination.0:32 The crew replaced obsolete 4-inch displays with two B&G Triton 2 units and a Triton 2 autopilot controller, while also installing a new B&G V20 VHF radio and a Zeus 3S chartplotter.16:01 By consolidating navigation data into these new displays, they removed an obstructive mounting box from the navigation station.1:09 The installation process involved meticulous cable management and a full system scan to verify that the Precision 9 compass, AIS, and autopilot were correctly recognized by the network.15:12 A secondary Triton 2 display was mounted in the master cabin to allow for remote monitoring of depth and wind speed.16:11 Replacing a haphazard, improperly terminated network with a standardized N2K backbone ensures reliable data transmission and system stability.
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