Engine Hours

[Philiz]

Of course there is

Pleased to be of assistance Paul.

Tom

That's a belter!

 

[PaulGooch]

That's a belter!

I like this one

 

[CX54WEK]

In fairness none of my hour meters work on my kad32's, apparently a common problem. That is why I have had a seperate Vetus hour meter fitted as an indicater for servicing, trips and just an idea of the hours that are clocked up!

We had ours changed when we bought our boat as it wasnt working (broker paid for it, KAD32 again), great as it lost us 240 hours. But he did say if it happened again to take it out and stick it in the airing cupboard or on top of a radiator.

 

[nonitoo]

As there was none fitted when I bought my boat three years ago I fitted the one available from Force 4

http://www.force4.co.uk/1094/Force-...oogle&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=pid1094

This has a power-to contact (when battery power is switched on LCD display is visible) and the counter actually operates when the ignition/engine is running (the same thing on my boat due to the ear-piercing oil pressure alarm).

Has proved most useful for maintenance purposes.

Tom

 

[christenajenifer]

I have never thought on this topic about that timing of the starting engine.really It is great issue to do survey.According to me engine hours should be calculated when the ignition switch is on by the Key to start the engine because the engine start working from that time. there any Software or mechanism to calculate the timing.

 

[bammylovechops]

We had ours changed when we bought our boat as it wasnt working (broker paid for it, KAD32 again), great as it lost us 240 hours. But he did say if it happened again to take it out and stick it in the airing cupboard or on top of a radiator.

I have heard this before, bloody annoying though, but hey if you can read your gauges, YOU AINT AT WORK

 

[CX54WEK]

I have heard this before, bloody annoying though, but hey if you can read your gauges, YOU AINT AT WORK

Ok you know what i meant!!

It was reading 240 hours (or should have been according to the last owners calcs!!!) when we bought it but was reset to 0 when the tacho was changed. Currently reads about 350 hours.

 

[Imperial One]

....... as it lost us 240 hours.

and your hull number is............

 

[Philiz]

I have never thought on this topic about that timing of the starting engine.really It is great issue to do survey.According to me engine hours should be calculated when the ignition switch is on by the Key to start the engine because the engine start working from that time. there any Software or mechanism to calculate the timing.

Eh??

 

[Philiz]

We had ours changed when we bought our boat as it wasnt working (broker paid for it, KAD32 again), great as it lost us 240 hours. But he did say if it happened again to take it out and stick it in the airing cupboard or on top of a radiator.

Yes, a bit of warmth dries em out,but they soon stop working again. I seem to recall reading about a fiddly mod you can do which is succesful about 9 times out of 10.

 

[gjgm]

Yes, a bit of warmth dries em out,but they soon stop working again. I seem to recall reading about a fiddly mod you can do which is succesful about 9 times out of 10.

Yes, you can replace the read-out lcd, with a bit of DIY. I just used a heat gun on one of mine for a short time to get a start of season readout. Not really interested for another year. I ll have done whatever I ve done.

 

[bammylovechops]

Yes, a bit of warmth dries em out,but they soon stop working again. I seem to recall reading about a fiddly mod you can do which is succesful about 9 times out of 10.

What is the fiddly mod?

Tell all

 

[CX54WEK]

and your hull number is............

Not telling........

(Its all written down in the service book anyway)

 

[Philiz]

What is the fiddly mod?

Tell all

Can't rmember, something to do with opening it up and packing the display with foam rubber somwhere I think. Somebody'll probably be along in a minute to put me out of my misery.

 

[PCUK]

Going back to the original question, no one has mentioned vibration activated meters that bolt onto the engine and do only read when the engine is running, like a self winding watch!

 

[Imperial One]

Going back to the original question, no one has mentioned vibration activated meters that bolt onto the engine and do only read when the engine is running, like a self winding watch!

Or a good old fashioned hand written log entry.........

 

[dragoon]

Going back to the original question, no one has mentioned vibration activated meters that bolt onto the engine and do only read when the engine is running, like a self winding watch!

I've got a pair of those on-board. When I bought the boat, they were seized up, so I guess there's no perfect solution

 

[asteven221]

If it's when you start the motor till you switch it off then it follows that a pair of engines used at WOT e.g. 30 knots will have been used for 3rd of the time than if they went at 10 knots. A prospective purchaser will almost certainly buy the ones with 3rd less hours all else being equal. Seems to me then that the number of engine hours can be very misleading and almost irrelevant when deciding on the condition of the engine. Obviously this is being simplistic, but I think a reasonable point to make.