engine hrs clock

[dilly]

i know its engine hrs but what is the out side of the clock reading any one know

 

[alahol2]

Presumably minutes... or is it a trick question?

 

[scottie]

Engine minutes?

 

[dilly]

may be i dont know i was just asking did not move like mins

 

[VicS]

Engine hours with minute hand!

http://www.vdo-instruments.com/inst...urs-non-illuminated-12v-with-minute-hand.html

 

[dilly]

ok thats good thanks

 

[pvb]

Must be a Cardiff thing.....

 

[dilly]

now now ,do not know meny ppl who would use the minutes

 

[nigelmercier]

Looks like you can reset the minutes.

 

[dilly]

the hrs on the clock do you think that high for the boat its a 1986 moody

 

[penfold]

What a completely pointless innovation, a minute hand on an hour meter. 2000 hrs on a yacht engine is nothing; the 27 years of servicing, care and maintenance, or lack there of, is key. If it has been looked after you can look forward to using it, on the basis of the annual hours accumulated, for the rest of your natural life; if it hasn't it might well be ready for turning into razor blades.

 

[charles_reed]

now now ,do not know meny ppl who would use the minutes

It's for an aircraft, where minutes can mean you travel a lot farther then hours in a boat.

 

[charles_reed]

the hrs on the clock do you think that high for the boat its a 1986 moody

Not really - in 5 years mine has done just under 2000 hrs (from new).

 

[Marsupial]

has anyone actually timed an "hour" meter - my Yanmar meter takes 55 minutes to record 1 hour - you would think they could at least get that right!!!!

 

[macd]

has anyone actually timed an "hour" meter - my Yanmar meter takes 55 minutes to record 1 hour

That's some Yanmar. Relativity, innit? Your boat must have been travelling at around 3/10 the speed of light, in which case it would also have been about 5% shorter, which is worth bearing in mind when you're paying marina bills.

No problem...I'm here to help.

 

[charles_reed]

has anyone actually timed an "hour" meter - my Yanmar meter takes 55 minutes to record 1 hour - you would think they could at least get that right!!!!

I must check mine! Perhaps they do it to flatter their fuel consumption figures.

 

[Gwylan]

Might be anything.

2000 hours @ 50 mph is equivalent to 100,000 miles on a diesel road engine.
Not too much, well I hope so. That was the logic that I applied to a similar situation.

Serviced every 200 hours or so, could be in better nick than a lot of road diesels.

 

[colind3782]

RPM?

 

[Amulet]

What a completely pointless innovation, a minute hand on an hour meter. 2000 hrs on a yacht engine is nothing; the 27 years of servicing, care and maintenance, or lack there of, is key. If it has been looked after you can look forward to using it, on the basis of the annual hours accumulated, for the rest of your natural life; if it hasn't it might well be ready for turning into razor blades.

It may be that the meter was designed for a broader range of purpose. Sometimes jobs are charged - say on a mowing machine - by the time the machine was running. I have seen a meter whose instructions explicitly described this use. While offering a granularity finer than required for engine age and servicing purposes, it could also be handy to note in the log in maritime use - for example when reviewing a previous short trip while planning a new one.

 

[cliff]

the hrs on the clock do you think that high for the boat its a 1986 moody

On the contrary - a little low IMHO around 80hrs per year - not a lot - 1½hrs/week