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• What would you expect to pay for electronics & autopilot install?
  • Is the labor more than the parts?
  • Well speed and depth shouldn't be all that much...
  • Hourly rates vary but I would guess about 15 hours to install the instuments, and
  • I'll take a guess $1,500.00 labor only.
  • Having just installed all new electronics myself...
    • $5,000
      • Close, but still low!
        • DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        • Great way to turn this into an opportunity.
        • Yeah, I'm not surprised.
          • Me either. I cut my estimate way down.
            • I stopped by a friend's boat shop in Freeport around lunchtime one day
              • Paul, he shoulda called me....
                • 30 years, good answer.
        • For five grand...
      • I haven't looked at the answer yet; I'll say $6000.
        • It was between $5 & 6k...
    • Speaking from experience......
      • I agree, which is why I helped a pro and didn't attempt it all myself.
        • I have so little confidence in my mechnical abilities
          • Lol! Did you take a video? Some do their own boat work, some don't,...
          • My best DIY FUBAR...
            • That one is a classic. Good for you to admit it.
            • I haven't the courage to talk about my (many) "experiences" ;^) This little video sort says it all
          • I have little or no faith in professionals
            • It's not so much that I don't trust them
            • Would that include your liferaft?
            • I am a professional tradesman
      • Well, that depends. I have seen "pro" jobs completely botched...
        • "Pros" can make just as many mistakes as amateurs
      • It seems to me that installing marine electronics has become very simple..
        • I moved
          • I don't find most boat work that challenging
        • I agree...
      • I understand your point Nat. Care to elaborate on what mistakes get made?
        • Here is a simple mistake we see all the time..
          • Looks like a good read. Thx.
      • Not all systems are created equally.
        • You may be a bit out of date
          • Not exactly so. B&G & Raymarine for example
            • Your next to the last sentence says it all...
              • Yes, in my dyselxic typing..of course I meant the "opposite" :^))
                • I guess it depends on your electronics background...
            • Like I said, you may be a bit out of date
              • Furuno is the "current" model.
                • I understand your point
                  • I'm not offended, I'm quite capable of being wrong.
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