Ancor 270000 NMEA 2000 Power Tee

Connects into NMEA 2000 backbone to supply power to network

Wire Length: 1M
Wire Gauge: 18 AWG
Nominal Voltage: 12V DC
Voltage Range: 9-16V DC

Red wire connects to DC positive and black wire connects to DC negative. Recommend 5A fuse.

Power Tee has 1 male and 1 female connector. Intended to connect in between 2 other tees or backbone cables (or combination of tees and cables).

Ancor NMEA 2000 cables are approved by the NMEA and can be used with any NMEA 2000 device from any manufacturer. Ancor exceeds NMEA 2000 requirements by implementing color coding. Yellow identifies as backbone connections and black identifies as drop connections. The Red Tee identifies that it is a network powering Tee.

The connections between black and yellow will work interchangeably and many people will try and use drop cables (black) to extend backbones. However, the reason why backbones are different from drops is the wire gauge inside the cables. Since the backbone supplies power and data to the entire network there is larger gauge wire than drop cables which also makes them more expensive to produce.

Since NMEA 2000 is the central nervous system of critical data onboard we recommend following the color code so there is no risk of voltage drop.