Changing to Garmin at the Bow, How to Power?

[cookx282]

Hi there, I’m changing out a helix 10 on the bow of my Lund baron for a Garmin 106 UHD2. The power cable for the helix goes to a humminbird Ethernet “hub” under the bow compartment but I can’t identify how that is wired (? POE?) as the other cables going in appear to be networking cables. I can run a power cable from my house batteries in the back of the boat easily enough but then the Garmin won’t be on my “main” power which would be nice. Anybody have any suggestions or made this switch? I could just run a new wire from the main circuit breaker under my center console (bow fish finder is clearly labeled) just ashamed to say I don’t know where the neutral wire connects… I’m fairly handy there are just a lot of wires everywhere that I never ran in the first place so unsure how to proceed. Thanks!

[Javelin389]

The Bird is definitely not powered by the ethernet hub. It has it's own power wire/plug on the back of the Helix. Track that down and see where it is going. On your breaker, is there a wire connected to it now? If so, you could always disconnect it and see if the Helix is getting it's power from there.