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Post by striker on Jan 10, 2008 17:43:25 GMT
Hi forum,
Does anyone know the life expectancy of a small radar like a jrc1000
thanks Ross
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Post by squidlips on Jan 10, 2008 19:03:41 GMT
the ammount of times we use them quite a few years mate,  |
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garyb
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Post by garyb on Jan 10, 2008 21:17:25 GMT
my jrc 1000 has 674 hours of use and still going strong
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Post by Lavy on Jan 12, 2008 11:12:59 GMT
Had my furuno over 10 years now and still as good as new.
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Post by crackoff on Jan 12, 2008 18:28:22 GMT
Don't want to upset anyone but compared to Furuno or Raymarine JRC are pretty low quality. If you where thinking of buying one I would spend my money on one of those two manufacturers.
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Post by squidlips on Jan 12, 2008 20:32:27 GMT
Don't want to upset anyone but compared to Furuno or Raymarine JRC are pretty low quality. If you where thinking of buying one I would spend my money on one of those two manufacturers. i would look under the radome cover of the raymarine units and see what it says............................ japan radio company..................... J R C they make the radomes for a lot of manufacturers so they are not that low quality. if you want good quality radar you need to spend serious dough and go for open array radar scanners or the new digital ones. www.jrcamerica.com/ |
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Post by striker on Jan 13, 2008 10:49:40 GMT
My m8's raymarine open array scanner has broken already and he's only had it fitted 6months ago!
so even the expensive ones go wrong!
in fact he's had problems with some of his other electronics too!
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Post by crackoff on Jan 14, 2008 9:05:28 GMT
Sorry like I said "didnt want to upset anyone" but in the last eight years of fitting and commisioning marine electronics I have only ever removed Jrc and replaced with other makes never the other way round.
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Post by striker on Jan 14, 2008 18:56:10 GMT
Sorry like I said "didnt want to upset anyone" but in the last eight years of fitting and commisioning marine electronics I have only ever removed Jrc and replaced with other makes never the other way round. where they broken or just upgraded? |
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Post by squidlips on Jan 14, 2008 19:04:28 GMT
Sorry like I said "didnt want to upset anyone" but in the last eight years of fitting and commisioning marine electronics I have only ever removed Jrc and replaced with other makes never the other way round. if you come across any standard horizon cp500 plotters going cheap or jrc radars give me a shout the cash is waiting |
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Post by crackoff on Jan 14, 2008 19:33:08 GMT
Sorry like I said "didnt want to upset anyone" but in the last eight years of fitting and commisioning marine electronics I have only ever removed Jrc and replaced with other makes never the other way round. where they broken or just upgraded? Hi Striker Some of both although Im not saying it is something that happens on a weekly basis. people quite often start with a small JRC or buy a boat supplied with one and then if they actually use a radar seriously upgrade when they feel flushed or bored at the boatshows. But I really have never changed a Raymarine or Furuno for a JRC Cheers Crackoff |
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Post by striker on Jan 14, 2008 19:51:34 GMT
squidlips you have pm!
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