Re: temp guage or alarm
Ok I am seeing the need for an alarm. But want a gauge too. Main question is WHERE is the alarm and how do I know if my boat has one? Where would I look and how can I test to make sure it works?
I hear you brother! I am like you I have an OCD (obcessive compulsive disorder) for scanning instrument panel. On my boat I have a closed circuit tv with a camera mounted on the deck above transom aimed at the pee stream. Another camera shows aft to view approaching traffic. It ain't exactly excellent entertainment on a 6" B/W screen, but it gets the point across.
If you order a gauge, which I did on a previous boat, it will come with instructions on how and where to mount. Mine required removing one of the cylinder head cover bolts and placing a "L" shaped bracket that held a sensor, that made contact with the head. One of the problems you will have to consider may be looks. Do you have a problem with the gauge faces not matching in color and degree of hand sweep? If you don't, you can hang an after market bracket below dash, or somewhere it isn't a "knee knocker". You can buy a cheap hole saw and mount it in existing dash. If you are handy, you can make a new dash with matching colored faces and bezels on the gauges. You can add more gauges and make a gauge watcher utopia.
My eyes are constantly moving between rear view mirrors, CCTV, instrument panel as well as oncoming traffic. Never in one place. In my case, I rear mounted CCTV's with microphones built-in, (they were intended to be security cameras), I open mics when I am starting motor and occasionally while underway just to monitor sound of motor. Maybe there are enough of us out there, to start a group. Sounds like this, " I am Bama Hound and I am a gaugeoholic". Good luck fellow suffer.
