I installed a new from West Marine, Raymarine Dragonfly down imaging fishfinder/chartplotter on my fishing boat to tandom to my Hummingbird.
I have the 2 connected to the same blade connectors, positive on a fuse block, neg. to another block with ALL my dash grounds, (that has it's own wire running back to the battery(s) ground block.
There is also a un coated wire on the Raymarine.
Every once in a while the Raymarine will just die????? (the humming bird hasn't miss a beat)
I take the connector off the back, wait a few and reconnect and it'll work???? (Although I knew I had power and ground, I took a multi meter and checked, there was power and ground at the connector)
I attached the un shielded wire to the ground block the other day out on the water, and it worked for the last hour I was out there.
1) where does that un coated wire really go?
2) does your Raymarine top left portion get warm/hot, mine seems to?
Before I call Ray marine or send it back, I want to make sure I've got the wiring all connected right.
It's not rocket science, (well, except for that un coated wire)
I went digging @ for the instructions, you think I can find them?????
Joe
Why does this always happen to me?
I have the 2 connected to the same blade connectors, positive on a fuse block, neg. to another block with ALL my dash grounds, (that has it's own wire running back to the battery(s) ground block.
There is also a un coated wire on the Raymarine.
Every once in a while the Raymarine will just die????? (the humming bird hasn't miss a beat)
I take the connector off the back, wait a few and reconnect and it'll work???? (Although I knew I had power and ground, I took a multi meter and checked, there was power and ground at the connector)
I attached the un shielded wire to the ground block the other day out on the water, and it worked for the last hour I was out there.
1) where does that un coated wire really go?
2) does your Raymarine top left portion get warm/hot, mine seems to?
Before I call Ray marine or send it back, I want to make sure I've got the wiring all connected right.
It's not rocket science, (well, except for that un coated wire)
I went digging @ for the instructions, you think I can find them?????
Joe
Why does this always happen to me?
Last edited by a moderator: