Radar tower lean, aft vs fwd and radar advice

[MRWood]

This is the start of the Anti Anti-Sieze community

I have 3 different items on hand, permalex anti seize 133H, marine greas (quick silver or another one), or dialectic grease. Which one do you think would be best. These fasteners are all pretty low torque.

 

[wolf]

Just plain ol marine grease and very lttle, Anti sieze should never be used in the marine world or even mentioned ... unless you want stuff welded together.

 

[ship happens]

Just plain ol marine grease and very lttle, Anti sieze should never be used in the marine world or even mentioned ... unless you want stuff welded together.

Especially when you have a powder coated bracket. Good way to run right through that mount sooner then later.

Regular grease. It's just to displace water and a tiny barrier. Tef gel is the best stuff. That other stuff that's the organic version of tef gel works well too. It's half the cost of tef

 

[Rain City]

Especially when you have a powder coated bracket. Good way to run right through that mount sooner then later.

Regular grease. It's just to displace water and a tiny barrier. Tef gel is the best stuff. That other stuff that's the organic version of tef gel works well too. It's half the cost of tef

To be clear I was just talking about some kind of anti-galling paste. I found their stainless to be especially sticky for some reason. Had to drill out a few of the fasteners that wouldn't snug down. But this is coming from a hack wood-butcher. I have no business working on boats

 

[ship happens]

To be clear I was just talking about some kind of anti-galling paste. I found their stainless to be especially sticky for some reason. Had to drill out a few of the fasteners that wouldn't snug down. But this is coming from a hack wood-butcher. I have no business working on boats

What's the saying? " if you can't fix it with a hammer you have yourself an electrical problem "

 

[Kiwi Canuck]

Interesting, my Garmin 18” Fantom dome came with a package of copper coloured anti seize, I used some to attach the 8mm stainless screws through the Seaview starboard adapter plate to mount the dome and used Tefgel on the screws attaching the base through my aluminum roof.
That Tefgel is $$$ but I it goes a long way, still have a lot left over from my 4OZ container.
I will check the anti seize in a year or so to see if it’s still good.

 

[MRWood]

Finished setting the base plate and mount. Stay tuned below for an issue that has arisen.

 

[ship happens]

More than half of the planet engineers should be toss right off the side imo. I can't remember exactly, but it was either merc i/or or outboard service manual that called for anti seize in the service assemblies. Put it this way, do not do this.. do not put mixed metals in the salt water environment period. Especially in aluminum parts. Add a coating of powder and yep you done gone done it.


I have been using this stuff over the last while. It's kind of an non toxic more waxy type almost like fluid film in a harder less messy then tefgel product. Don't know if it holds up as well. But at least it may not cause as much cancer lol

 

[MRWood]

I fixed the issue that had come up. Simple fix of just creating a loop in the cable under the dome in order for it to go through the grommet hole with out kinking.
The hardware is all installed now. Next up will be wiring

 

[BC Coast Pilot]

Well look what ya gone and started.....

 

[MRWood]

Well look what ya gone and started.....

Nice

 

[MRWood]

Got the simrad mfd and the radar wired up. Fired up the mfd and all was working. I waited for the new NMEA drop cable and T joint to arrive and got that all in today. I’ll now start getting settings setup.
I also decided to change the vhf antenna mount as the old composite one was wasting away. I think I’ll get the 4’ Shakespeare antenna to replace the old steel one.

 

[MRWood]

I have it all operational now. Didn’t put the radar into transmit mode yet as the boat is still in the shelter. I have the ceiling liner in the cabin all apart so I can run the all the different wires. I’m just waiting for the new vhf antenna to come in then I can put the ceiling back together.
Connecting the two yellow wires did not work as the yellow on the go9 does not output a signal only input. So for now I just attached the yellow from the radar to the red and got power direct. I may put in a switch for the yellow like wolf did. All in due time.

 

[salmonkiller01]

Seems odd that the head unit does not turn the radar power on or off.

 

[MRWood]

Seems odd that the head unit does not turn the radar power on or off.

I know it. When you turn on the main power to the boat the radar goes into standby mode. Once you turn on the head unit it shows radar in standby then you can switch it on to transmit. When it’s in standby mode it uses a small amount of power, about .17 amps, so hardly anything.
How does your setup work?

 

[InterMechanico]

I know it. When you turn on the main power to the boat the radar goes into standby mode. Once you turn on the head unit it shows radar in standby then you can switch it on to transmit. When it’s in standby mode it uses a small amount of power, about .17 amps, so hardly anything.
How does your setup work?

Mines a Garmin HD, and the radar needs to be turned on after start up as well via the display.