Remaining Fuel Always Zero

[Johnny Electron]

Your point is taken but Furuno also has other products that offers features that the TZT doesn't; like the GP1670F ($699 full retail). The TZT has a ton more features that those non-Furuno product don't offer, including longevity parts and repairs, so it is bit of a flawed comparison.

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[Quitsa]

Of course that is your prerogative. However as a loyal customer for nearly 20 years, I think identifying a feature that would appear simple to implement and is common on competitors' products is helping Furuno improve its software.

The fact remains that taking fuel level data from a tank sensor is inaccurate and inferior in comparison to a user-specified initial fuel level and then using data from the engine ECM to determine remaining fuel on board. I don't think anyone could claim with a straight face that a tank float sensor in a moving boat provides good information on fuel level.

 

[Anonymous]

I agree with Quitsa and have asked for this feature a year ago. I have a FloScan Flonet fuel measurement system that is extremely precise and outputs fuel usage to my NMEA 2000 network. The fuel use is easily monitored on my three TZT displays. But, like many large vessels, my two 500 gallon fuel tanks do not have any senders, they have sight glasses. Since I have no way of measuring the fuel in the tanks electronically, it would be extremely useful to be able to manually input a starting fuel quantity and then have the Flonet/TZT system simply deduct fuel consumed from the starting quantity. This does seem like an incredibly easy feature for Furuno to provide.

 

[Johnny Electron]

No one is saying that it will or will not be changed in the future. Furuno USA pokes and prods and sometimes we get requests and sometimes we don't. Furuno Japan is already looking into this subject. I will post anything I hear back.