Garmin Striker Plus 7SV Transducer Disconnected Error

nic420

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I am tryin to hook up the Airmar External Transom Temperature Sensor T80 10k ohm Analog Thermister as a fix but do not know how to wire it. There are 3 wires on the temp sensor. They are blue, black, and metallic. What wires on the unit do you connect these to? A wiring diagram will be very helpful. Thank you.
 

dingbat

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Personally not a fan of cutting cables. Easier to install a NMEA 2000 temp sensor

In order to connect this to your display, you will need to cut the transducer cable in a place that is relatively dry (don’t cut it in the bilge). You will reconnect all of the wires going to the transducer except for the white and brown wires, which will connect to the blue and black wires of this sensor, the order of these connections does not matter (ie blue to white and black to brown = blue to brown and black to white). Some models carry temp on a different set of wires, but most will be white and brown. You do not need to connect the shield of this sensor but if you want, you can connect it to the shield of the existing transducer cable.
 

nic420

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So I shouldn't connect the wires according to the chart? I was going to connect the wires according to their color codes. I was going to connect the blue, black, and shield wires according to their colors on the unit.
 

dingbat

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So I shouldn't connect the wires according to the chart? I was going to connect the wires according to their color codes. I was going to connect the blue, black, and shield wires according to their colors on the unit.
Never ever assume the wire colors match up.
Transducer:
Pin 2 (wht) is the temp sensor.
Pin 6 (brn) is power
Pin 1 (braid) is shield

As noted above.
Connect sensor blue to pin 2 (wht)
Connect sensor black to pin 6 (brn)
No need to terminate the sensor shield to pin 1 unless needed, which is doubtful
 
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