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| Author: | Chexone [ Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Elite-4 has 3 wires. Lowrance-ready plug only has 2 holes. |
The power cable for my Lowrance Elite-4 HDI has 2 wires. The second one is an NMEA Data Cable. I am not going to use it, but it's not removable. Problem is, the plugs provided by Hobie only have 2 holes. I would need 3 (2 for the power cable, and one for the transducer cable). The only solution I can think of is to cut the data cable near the connector, but that doesn't sound smart. Any better ideas? |
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| Author: | jrizo1 [ Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | cut it |
yes I cut it on mine I called lowrange and they said it can be cut if you are not going to use it |
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| Author: | Wintersun [ Sun Oct 05, 2014 12:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite-4 has 3 wires. Lowrance-ready plug only has 2 hole |
One is for the NMEA connection so it can be connected to a VHF radio or other device. Not needed with a kayak. You can cut off all but 3" and tape the end of this wire. Check the instructions so you cut the correct wire. |
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| Author: | uno mas [ Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite-4 has 3 wires. Lowrance-ready plug only has 2 hole |
use epoxy to waterproof seal it. just a lil dab of 5-min epoxy. cheers drew |
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| Author: | tinman7344 [ Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite-4 has 3 wires. Lowrance-ready plug only has 2 hole |
this might be a little late, but I cut mine about 2 inches down and coated it with that plasti-dip stuff. I did like 3 or 4 coats. Then I ended up taping it to the power wire to look clean. If I thought about it before hand, I would have tried sliding some heat shrink tubing over the 2 wires just to hold them together neatly. |
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| Author: | KeuKayak [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite-4 has 3 wires. Lowrance-ready plug only has 2 hole |
You can pickup an additional thru hull fitting from your local dealer. it will come with all of the adapters needed for different wires. I install the second plug about 2-3 inches away from the other. put transducer wire through one and power/data cable through other. |
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| Author: | Fireman [ Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Elite-4 has 3 wires. Lowrance-ready plug only has 2 hole |
I also used an additional plub. I just clipped the exposed wires at the end of the outide cover though and sealed them off just in case I want to sell the fish finder and upgrade to a different unit. |
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