Any thoughts on NOrthstar Fuel meters

MATTANZA · Apr-18-2008, 10:16 PM

wise choice!

1bigfisch · Apr-18-2008, 11:49 PM

F-210?? Who's the manufacturer of that?

F- Flowscan? Not for $99. ?

Dirtguy · Apr-19-2008, 10:55 AM

Northstar Electronics.

Read previous posts. Some great info!

DG

Edit ;UPDATE.

Just installed the unit yesterday. What a simple install!
Drill the hole, mount the gauge, install the fued lead and connect to ground.
Mount the T-ducer and run the already sealed cable to the gauge. Had to hole saw one pass through.
About an hour.
Done.

dieselpusher · Oct-09-2009, 02:01 AM

Where's the best price on the F210?

tuna taxi · Oct-09-2009, 02:09 AM

I just installed the F210 a few weeks ago. I've only ran about 15 gallons of few through so I'll calibrate it after my next trip to Cat. The advantage to the Floscan is that it will replace your tachometer.

ALUMINATOR · Oct-09-2009, 06:31 AM

Carl, I know this is an old post but how about a little update? How did it work for you? Are you still happy with it?

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Originally Posted by Dirtguy

Northstar Electronics.

Read previous posts. Some great info!

DG

Edit ;UPDATE.

Just installed the unit yesterday. What a simple install!
Drill the hole, mount the gauge, install the fued lead and connect to ground.
Mount the T-ducer and run the already sealed cable to the gauge. Had to hole saw one pass through.
About an hour.
Done.

CENCOASTFISH · Oct-09-2009, 05:23 PM

Glad you liek navman you cant go wrong if it works.
Flowscan works for me as I have "middle aged vision" and big gauge is very helpful especialy at night and by peripheral vision. That said...
But ANY is better than none and $99 is far better than $250. one or the other and you will be happy. my flowscan reads about 1gallon high for every 50, not worth calibrating for IMHO(easy to do) needle bounce is not bad and install was not difficult for anyone that can connect wires.
for me the choice was based on large analog readout rather than price but its great to have alternatives now. I had an old flowscan for many years and the mechanical totalizer quit and it required sensor light bulb changes every once in a while bu that was back in the 80s.

money the navman wins , Should be standard boat instrument on offshore fishing boats IMHO let us know how accurate it is

dieselpusher · Oct-22-2009, 09:07 PM

Installed our Northstar F-210 last week. Took all of ten minutes to install. Worked as advertised right out of the box.