Engine sensors... the solution or the problem?

[aquatom]

I told you that MAN engines have a lot of sensors.....
May be this winter we can come up with an emergency get you home resistor. The ECU needs to see the correct voltage (between 0V and 5v) back down the signal wire, so it should be do able

Alternatively we could fit a pair of Volvos for you ?

 

[julians]

I told you that MAN engines have a lot of sensors.....
May be this winter we can come up with an emergency get you home resistor. The ECU needs to see the correct voltage (between 0V and 5v) back down the signal wire, so it should be do able

Alternatively we could fit a pair of Volvos for you 

You could probably get away with a variable resistor, just plug it in and twiddle the variable resistor knob until the fault goes away.

 

[pan]

I told you that MAN engines have a lot of sensors.....
May be this winter we can come up with an emergency get you home resistor. The ECU needs to see the correct voltage (between 0V and 5v) back down the signal wire, so it should be do able

Alternatively we could fit a pair of Volvos for you ��

I was wondering when you would turn up Keep telling you I'm not changing the engines... Will have a chat with you when next out, thanks for the suggestion.

 

[superheat6k]

These modern engines do not give the operator the choice to continue, if they reduce power or shut down altogether, and my view that the latter in particular on any boat is a major safety hazard in itself.

Stopping an engine should always be the decision of the skipper. It is his responsibility to understand the alarms and therefore be able to assess the risks, sufficiently swiftly, if an alarms arises that he decides he must for the time being ignore.

If as a result of his decision or lack of engine knowledge the engine becomes damaged, then it could be costly for him, but it remains his decision, and if caught in a tide rip or too fine on the path of a large vessel I know what I would wish to decide, and wouldn't want that decision overridden but some pre-programmed controller ignorant of the immediate risk to safe navigation.