Running wires this weekend, have a quick question

  • gregl2017
    Posts: 242
    #1853131

    I’ve read you should keep your transducer wires as far as possible from the TM and outboard power wires to help prevent interference.

    What I’m wondering is can I run my Ethernet, transducer cables & power cables for the graphs in the same pipe or should I separate out the power cables for the graphs? I’m running 2 helix 10’s between 3 locations of the boat.

    I’m going to mount my fuse panel in my starting battery area, this fuse panel will drive all the accessories, 2 graphs, 2 Heading sensors (TM and Graphs) and the nema 2k network. I will put the hb hub in a separate compartment.

    I think the total wire count is:
    4 – Ethernet cables
    3 – Transducer wires (2 – SI/DI , 1 – High Speed 2D)
    5 – power wires for the graphs, heading sensors (tm & graphs) & hub

    biggill
    East Bethel, MN
    Posts: 11321
    #1853141

    They should all be able to be run together. I also disagree with the TM and main motor causing issues. Unless they are using cheap moon Ethernet and transducer cables, they should all be shielded and more than capable of handling a little bit of electromagnetic interference from those motors and each other.

    That’s my .03 anyway.

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 17846
    #1853150

    it wouldn’t hurt anything to separate them out, then you can say you did what you could if you start to get interference issues vs pulling them out and re-running them in different tubes after the fact…

    Huntindave
    Shell Rock Iowa
    Posts: 3088
    #1853188

    Well for those trolling motors which have a built in universal transducer in the head of the trolling motor, all the wires run up thru the same tube. Seems to work OK for them, just saying.

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