autohelm st2000 got wet

[dylanwinter]

it got rained on and quit

now all it does is beep

nothing on the display

I opened it up and dried it out

still just beeps

is it curtains?

if it is....that is a bumma

because it was doing a great job

man I hate it when they sell stuff to sailors that is not water-proof


curses

 

[Spuddy]

Too late now but I bodged a transparent sleeve for mine out of clear plastic and duct tape. Some foks send theirs back to Raymarine

 

[johnalison]

They used to advertise them as "your bad weather friend". I wasn't pleased when mine suffered from "water ingress".

 

[VicS]

it got rained on and quit

now all it does is beep

nothing on the display

I opened it up and dried it out

still just beeps

is it curtains?

if it is....that is a bumma

because it was doing a great job

man I hate it when they sell stuff to sailors that is not water-proof


curses

I thought everyone knew they were not waterproof but it is a blow .. thats the one you were planning on keeping isn't it ?


Now you know why many people carry a spare one.

 

[prv]

Now you know why many people carry a spare one.

+1

I'd have been stuffed on my own in Kindred Spirit without a tillerpilot, so as well as the main ST2000+ I also had an old AH800 stowed away in a deep locker.

I've actually considered making arrangements to be able to fit the ST2000+ to the rudder quadrant in Ariam, in case the installed below-decks pilot system ever goes wrong. I assume I'd still be able to control it from an st6002 head (disconnected from the main seatalk bus if that's on the fritz) - otherwise I'd be bobbing up and down from the aft cabin

That's towards the end of a very long list, though.

Pete

 

[sailorman]

+1

I'd have been stuffed on my own in Kindred Spirit without a tillerpilot, so as well as the main ST2000+ I also had an old AH800 stowed away in a deep locker.

I've actually considered making arrangements to be able to fit the ST2000+ to the rudder quadrant in Ariam, in case the installed below-decks pilot system ever goes wrong. I assume I'd still be able to control it from an st6002 head (disconnected from the main seatalk bus if that's on the fritz) - otherwise I'd be bobbing up and down from the aft cabin

That's towards the end of a very long list, though.

Pete

My 6000+ is 15 yrs old & apart from a clutch issue in the first year has been faultless ever since

 

[prv]

My 6000+ is 15 yrs old & apart from a clutch issue in the first year has been faultless ever since

Yep, my S1 / linear drive system has proved reliable so far. But even the most reliable kit can be scuppered by external forces, like my dad putting a screw through the cable leading up to our hatch garage and frying (with smoke and burn marks) the ST50 compass display.

Pete

 

[AngusMcDoon]

it got rained on and quit

Bummocks. What you need for the future is one of these...

My ST2000+ has been cacooned like this for 15 years now without a leak. I'll make one for you when I am back on dry land and send it to you, but only if you promise to go to the Tay sometime and make a video of you reciting the world's worst poem...McGonagall's On the silvry Tay.