Raymarine i60 new install, no wind speed displayed

Rather than keep messing about with it, might it be easier to use the eBay process to reject it and get your money back? If you start attempting a repair, you'll prejudice your chance of a refund and could end up £200 down.
 
pvb said:
The i60 wind has direct input terminals for the wind transducer cable. I thought you only needed the iTC-5 box if you were connecting to an i70 instrument head?
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I used the iTC-5 box as I only wanted one cable supplying data/power to wind, speed and depth instruments as they need to be removed easily. This also allows me to use a plotter as well that can show everything and is all hopefully future proof ......
 
Update: I was getting increasingly p****d off trying to get the i60 to work, so I've just ordered a brand new one.
It should take about 5 unites to fit and then check the new item, if it works as it should (I suspect it will), then it proves that the eBay bargain was faulty. So, see post reply number 10.
I've spoken with the bloke who sold it to me and he is not interested, stating "the unit worked perfectly when connected to my Seatalk NG network which is as described in the eBay Ad and shown in the photos. It was a repeater for another wind system on the Seatalk NG network" He also points out that the the eBay ad stated "no returns".
Once I have the new unit fitted and tested, I will leave relevant feedback for my eBay friend
 
My understanding is that "no returns" prevents the buyer just changing their mind and no longer wanting an otherwise satisfactory item. A faulty item is not covered by this. If your instrument is faulty, then there is a route to getting a refund.
 
Well.
The new i60 display arrived yesterday
Went to the boat today & connected it: just the same as with the used unit!
Bo****ks
I’m now wondering if I could have damaged the cable from the masthead socket to the unit when I installed it.
I have ordered a 5 pin 240 degree DIN chassis socket so that I can definitively test the actual wind transducer (using a seperate cable).
Does anyone know if it’s pissible to connect new cable at the masthead socket?
 
Dam it! That's annoying. You can put a new cable up but might be easier to repair if you have caught it. Can't remember what you told me the other day on phone but did you route though any metalwork or tubing, etc? Although your measurements were reading ok when you tested with a multimeter so would be strange for it not to work?


wizzer said:
Does anyone know if it’s pissible to connect new cable at the masthead socket?
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Hi Matt
The cable was routed thro the stainless steel gantry along with the new cable for the radar (which works perfectly).
Can’t see how I can have damaged the i60 cable.
I have a good length of cable from the original install, enough to replace completely between instrument and masthead transducer. Was wondering though about the connection at the masthead base socket, is this something that can be re done? If so, I would abandon the route thro the gantry & use a cable gland through the deck head.
The only other possibility is that the transducer cups are spinning but not the shaft, I read somewhere that this had happened to someone and it was just a case of tightening the screw.
I’ll sort this eventually.
 
Throw it overboard and just go boating! Me and James are down your way mid March as moving something back up so would be good to catchup.


wizzer said:
Hi Matt
The cable was routed thro the stainless steel gantry along with the new cable for the radar (which works perfectly).
Can’t see how I can have damaged the i60 cable.
I have a good length of cable from the original install, enough to replace completely between instrument and masthead transducer. Was wondering though about the connection at the masthead base socket, is this something that can be re done? If so, I would abandon the route thro the gantry & use a cable gland through the deck head.
The only other possibility is that the transducer cups are spinning but not the shaft, I read somewhere that this had happened to someone and it was just a case of tightening the screw.
I’ll sort this eventually.
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And so, here is the answer to my dilemma;
Having purchased a second hand i60 Wind head unit from eBay and a brand new mast head wind transducer & cable, I could not get the instrument to function correctly when installed, all as outlined above.
I suspected that the used head unit must be at fault, so, purchased a second brand new head unit and fitted to boat. The same problems persisted.
Now suspected I had somehow damaged the new cable during installation, so, ordered a 5 pin 240 degree DIN socket and made up a separate lead so I could bypass the cable installed through the radar arch and above / behind the headlinings.
The test lead produced the same problematic results, with both head units tested.
So, I now concluded that the problem was actually the masthead transducer, which was a new item.
As I had now owned the masthead unit for more than 30 days, it had to be returned “for repairs”, rather than replacement.
1 week later, I was supplied with a new mast head unit which I installed in a matter of minutes and tested both i60 head units which now worked fine.
Conclusion; it was the masthead transducer which was faulty out of the box.
It turns out the eBay bargain was indeed just that, but now I have two head units, so one will be for sale.
 
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