Boat Forum / Electronics / July 2008

This question sounds easy, but so far a solution has been elusive.
I would like a small GPS handheld that has a basic lcd screen, tide tables
and most importantly an anchor alarm that won't stop beeping. I want to use
it as an anchor alarm but I want the alarm to keep beeping ...

I'm in Canada on the St. Lawrence and the Canadian CG broadcasts the
weather on VHF 22B and 83B.  What the hell is "B"?  I've changed my
VHF settings to International and Canadian and I don't hear anything.
-- Geoff

I have a ProSine 2.0 inverter/charger which is a piece of crap, to put
it mildly.  I've replaced the thing, under warranty, at least 4
times.  Now it's dying again and it's out of warranty, so I need to
replace it again.  *&^*!@

A friend is looking for a NAVICO depth transducer and a wind masthead
transducer to get a SYS200 instrument set working.  If you have any
stuff laying on the basement floor feel free to drop me a line.  Would
also appreciate any transducer o-ring information or supplier

I have a Sony head unit (CDX-MP70) RMS 23x4 Peak 52x4.  I have it hooked up
to 4 Infinity Kappa 62.5i 6.5 speakers.  When I turn up the volume maybe a
little less than half way or more on the head unit the unit cuts out/shuts
off, then in about 5 seconds it pops back on and ...

I'm trying to find a stabalizer circuit for the house battery.
Someone (probably Larry?) a while back mentioned a device that could
take a wide range of input voltages and supply a reliable and smooth 12
VDC.

I installed the Balmar 612 regulator and selected the P03 - Gel
battery program which has a bulk voltage of 14.1. Need to set the bulk
at 14.4 as I use Sonnenschein Gel batteries. Went into the advanced
settings and adjusted bulk (Bu) to 14.4 but the regulator still

Looking for hand book or any info  on the skanti  trp 8752 .. is
there
a book , or a manual  that covers the 8000 series ?
any links or cd's about ??

Another question about a marine radio install.  I'm replacing the
stereo in my boat and the 12V+ wire coming from the battery is of
gauge 10AWG and the negative ground (connected directly to the
negative terminal of the battery is 8AWG. The wires coming off the

I’m having trouble with a mercury 850 series outboard motor, 85hp,
early 80’s. I’ve replaced a lot of the wires due to corrusion, but I
can’t get power from the battery to the starter to turn over. The
battery is fine, checked it, replaced selenoid, didn’t work. I can get

I have three basic Raymarine instruments: Wind, Speed & Depth.
All of them ST60.
Wires between instruments and trnsducers are very long for my boat.
My question is if I can make them shorter insted of having three big

Ladies & Gents
I have a Navman 3100.  Depth worked fine last season bu tshows nothing
now.  Is there any way to check the depth sounder cable to determine
whether is was damaged over the winter?  A visual inspection of the