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Originally Posted by Jetx
Greg is exactly right. We’re installing new D2-50F’s next week, and purchased optional Volvo EVC temp gauges to be installed alongside the standard EVC tachometer. The temp gauge simply daisy-chains off of the tach using a short (included) cable. I have the hardware sitting in my salon at the moment, and can send you the part number when I get back to the boat tomorrow.
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Thanks, I would have chosen Beta instead of Volvo but I bought the cat with the new Volvo engines+saildrives+ exhaust+…basically both engine rooms are new
Thanks Greg for the link and prices…the usual Volvo pharmacy

Just look at those ridiculous prices for the temp gauge…162$ + another 163 for 1,5m cable if you wanna mount it somewhere else then next to the instrument panel which is in the foot room mounted on my cat. And that’s just for 1 engine

A Kus temp gauge cost 25Euro, the sensor 14 Euro=39Euro+Max. 20 Euro cable…just need the Location where I can mount the sensor
Plug&pray solution for 189$ For all available engine data at once:
https://www.yachtd.com/products/engine_gateway.html
Just daisy chain in and you have all available D2-engine data and on nmea and on your
chartplotter with proper warnings. I additionally have their NMEA to
wifi dongle already installed and so all NMEA data is on the boat
WiFi readly available for e.g. all iPads

Have 3iPads, 2x Mini and 1 ipad2 fixed installed at the salon Nav station. Ipad2 is mirrored/remotely connected permanently with the
Raymarine chartplotter on the helm/in parallel ISailor installed which can remotely control the
autopilot too, the 1st mini shows all sailing relevant nmea data on gauges and the 2nd mini monitors my Electrodacus BMS of my
LifePo4 house/in parallel the Victron BT Network to
monitor all Victron stuff. You can get the
iPad mini used for 50-100Euro on eBay or local platform. Is a perfect smart display

on the always shaded nav station in the salon. All have ISailor and
Navionics installed and connected to a 10Hz
Garmin Glo2 BT
gps puck as backup chartplotter and Nav device.
No drilling holes and installing another gauge on the already crowded
helm station.