MeltemiCaz
New member
Hello all,
My rigger made a mistake while trying to fix a crack in my 2013 DRS4D data cable and cut the cable down at the mast foot. Now it is too short to go through the mast and still have enough slack at the top for the radar to swing.
I've looked online for the Furuno DRS4D 30m Radar Sensor Cable 001-341-830-00, new or used, but no joy. The distance from the radar mount to the bottom of the mast is more than 15m. If I buy one of the 10m or 15m cables and try to splice which appears to be available, I am looking at introducing two splices.
I would most likely add 2m at the top, which means splicing a section at the top and having to also have a splice where the cable exists the bottom of the mast. I know that this is NOT ideal. I'm not too worried about the power cable, and know how to splice the shield wires. However this means that I would have to installed two RJ45 couplers for the data cable. I am not familiar with the current cable which is a 4 conductor stranded ethernet style cable nor how much loss the radar electronics can tolerate.
Can anyone help me with sourcing either used cable that is 20m long or has anyone ever tried to make their own cable? I would need to source the power cable with shield and also a stranded 4 conductor ethernet cable, which I can't find online. I could possibly use 8 conductor stranded ethernet cable. I would only use the 4 conductors. I just need to confirm that the wiring will fit through the mast which is very tight.
Thoughts?
My rigger made a mistake while trying to fix a crack in my 2013 DRS4D data cable and cut the cable down at the mast foot. Now it is too short to go through the mast and still have enough slack at the top for the radar to swing.
I've looked online for the Furuno DRS4D 30m Radar Sensor Cable 001-341-830-00, new or used, but no joy. The distance from the radar mount to the bottom of the mast is more than 15m. If I buy one of the 10m or 15m cables and try to splice which appears to be available, I am looking at introducing two splices.
I would most likely add 2m at the top, which means splicing a section at the top and having to also have a splice where the cable exists the bottom of the mast. I know that this is NOT ideal. I'm not too worried about the power cable, and know how to splice the shield wires. However this means that I would have to installed two RJ45 couplers for the data cable. I am not familiar with the current cable which is a 4 conductor stranded ethernet style cable nor how much loss the radar electronics can tolerate.
Can anyone help me with sourcing either used cable that is 20m long or has anyone ever tried to make their own cable? I would need to source the power cable with shield and also a stranded 4 conductor ethernet cable, which I can't find online. I could possibly use 8 conductor stranded ethernet cable. I would only use the 4 conductors. I just need to confirm that the wiring will fit through the mast which is very tight.
Thoughts?
