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DrWin
03-20-2021, 03:20 AM
I'm rounding up the last few things now, having installed Fabio's Green Box.
(http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?18674-Delorean-GreenBox&highlight=Green)

But I'd like som suggestions for placing the GPS antenna and the temp./humid. sensor.

Here's the GPS antenna:
65808 65809

I think it would work best if I got it to sit by the courtesy cabin light, but I can't figure out how to route the cable without damaging the A-pillar on one side.
It fits in there nicely, but routing the cable there seems to be the problem. Any suggestions for other placements and/or cable routing?

Here is the temp./humid. sensor:
65810 65811

It's fairly small and looks rather delicate, so I got an ABS enclosure to house it in. The question becomes though, where to place it. I want it to tell me outside ambient temp. / humidity, so I think it should be placed as low to the ground as possible (to avoid being heated by the sun) and away from any component that heats up/cools down when the car is running. Also, I think it needs to be placed where there are no possibility of direct splashes when the car is driven in the rain/being washed. So far I've come up with one place: Near the fuel accumulator.

Any suggestions? :thinkin:

Midnight Specialist
03-28-2021, 09:23 PM
How much cable length is on the GPS?


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DrWin
03-30-2021, 01:21 AM
How much cable length is on the GPS?


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About 5 meters.

Josh
03-30-2021, 01:34 PM
I have two GPS antennas in my car, one for my radio and one for my speedbox. I just stick them to the top of the radio bracket (above the vents). Then install the console as usual. They work fine and you cant see them.