Water Temp Gauge (lake/river/bayou/swamp)

[RobertJ]

What is the best way to get a water temp gauge that will display on the dash? I don't think I want to mount a permanent fish finder. I know I could just jump in the water and determine the temp. by the pitch of my scream but an old man has to be careful of his heart. I could throw my boys in the water but they always scream in a high pitch.

I would like to find a unit that could replace the factory depth finder with a unit that displays depth and temp.

[kaneboats]

Most of the time I don't want to know the water temp. Cuz if I'm out there I'm going in anyway.

[sandm]

I have an '06 perfect pass and it doesn't offer temp that I can find. wish it did.
I would love an all-in-one depth/air/water temp gauge as well.
bet the issue will be finding one that matches the beede gauges already installed.

[mcdye]

I have an '06 perfect pass and it doesn't offer temp that I can find. wish it did.
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I have PP on a '02 and it is a key combination for water temp info...i want to recall pressing the Menu and Up Arrow keys at the same time...from PP website and this is it..Press Menu & Up Key together. Press menu again for battery voltage and hour meter.

[jester]

I have to agree with the PP. I have an 08 and i have a temp when the PP system is turned off. When you turn on the PP system the water temp gets replaced with the set point.

[Wake Master]

I have an 07 XLV and the PP shows the temp. You have to go to the menu then info. The informantion is in the PP manual. Kind of hard to find if you don't know it's there.

[sandm]

I know why I love this forum....
just went out and checked, and sure enough, the "water" temp in the garage is 56.5deg..

thanks guys.
this made my day..

[jester]

sandm, I thougth you liked this fourm becasue a simple question is asked and we give a solution for someone to go out and spend $1,000. I guess that is only like 2 boat bucks so not too bad at all.

[RobertJ]

Okay so here is the million dollar question. How does PP get the water temperature? Does the paddle wheel have a temperature pick-up on it? If it does I should be able to get that information to display on something else besides a PP display. If the paddle wheel is the source of the signal then I wounder if the new GPS based systems get water temp as well.

[RobertJ]

Okay after my last post it really got me thinking. I am pretty sure the paddle wheel module has to be the source for PP to pick up the water temp. This would mean that the paddle wheel has an RTD or Thremo-couple built into it. If this is the case I can just find where the signal is going to and hook up a display. Since PP most likely picks up the signal in the dash wiring harness I am going to look for it there. I am sure I can come up with a nice display that will look good and not require me to explain to the wife why I need PP this year. But I will need it next year.

I know there are a lot of sharp electronics guys on the board can you help steer me in the right direction. I can get displays from www.omega.com.