Furuno 6 & 7 pin connectors

In article <yVGQe.1954$4P5.1372@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Doug" <dougm.DeleteThis@rodgersmarine.com> wrote:

> "John Proctor" <lost.DeleteThis@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> news:2005082719161016807%lost@nowhereorg...
> > I have checked back and this topic may have come up before but I could
> > not find it.
> >
> > Who is the manufacturer of the connectors used in the Furuno 6 & 7 pin
> > interfaces in their chart plotters/radars?
> >
> > BTW I just installed a complete Furuno instrument (FI-30), autopilot
> > autonav 500 and 7" and 10" VX2 chartplotter/radar system. While there
> > are some wrinkles with the 7" display it all went in quite nicely and
> > worked very well. I am really impressed with the quality of the
> > displays on the 7" and 10" plotters. Bright sunlight is absolutely no
> > problem!
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > John Proctor VK3JP, VKV6789
> > S/V Chagall
> >
> I have asked Furuno representatives at technician seminars and always get
> told "we make our own". Several independent technicians have told me around
> the coffee pot that they are made by Honda. However, my web searches of
> Honda products has yielded nothing even close.
> Please let us know if you ever find a source of them besides buying a
> premade cable with connector from Furuno.
> 73
> Doug K7ABX
>
>

Hey Doug,

Furuno did use Honda Plugs back in the KRA-124/448 series Radars back
25 years ago, and the Blue Main Cable Plugs of the 240/240MkII series,
were also Honda Plugs. Some of the 7xx and 11xx series were also Honda
Plugs, but these were only sold to Furuno and not Second Sourced. I
suspect that the 4 and 6 Pin Black, NEMA and Gyro, Plugs and Sockets are
also Honda Plugs, and again, NOT Second Sourced. Really nice plugs,
those, but not universally available except thru Furuno.

Bruce in alaska
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