Kylora
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My 2013 Raymarine i60 Wind Instrument has suddenly stopped working correctly. It was fine before leaving the berth but had stopped working by the time we needed to raise mainsail. It didn't work all afternoon. I did try splitting the plug and socket at deck level and spraying with WD 40.
Did some checks in a fairly strong wind with consistent direction back in the berth. The needle on the head points to 12 o clock and the the LCD shows 3 dashes. With the wires still connected to the instrument, I recorded the following DC voltages to black/screen
Red 7.95, Green 5.3 to 5.9, Blue 7.17 to 7.18, Yellow 1.58 to 1.63
The relevant button presses reveal that the Instrument Head is in Repeater Mode rather than Master. I believe that this is because the Voltage on Blue is wrong and can’t be be changed by the user.
I found a combination of button presses which checked that the wind direction needle could be indexed round the clock.
I feel that a poor contact at the masthead block would likely give low or no voltage rather than too high a voltage so the fault is likely to be in the transducer.
I will need to pay someone to do any work at the masthead so buying a replacement transducer at about £350 would seem to be the best option.
I believe that I could buy a replacement PCB at about £120 but I don't know how quick or easy it would be to fit while the rigger is standing by on wages and if it would fix the fault.
Any thoughts, advice or hints would be appreciated.
TIA
Ash
Did some checks in a fairly strong wind with consistent direction back in the berth. The needle on the head points to 12 o clock and the the LCD shows 3 dashes. With the wires still connected to the instrument, I recorded the following DC voltages to black/screen
Red 7.95, Green 5.3 to 5.9, Blue 7.17 to 7.18, Yellow 1.58 to 1.63
The relevant button presses reveal that the Instrument Head is in Repeater Mode rather than Master. I believe that this is because the Voltage on Blue is wrong and can’t be be changed by the user.
I found a combination of button presses which checked that the wind direction needle could be indexed round the clock.
I feel that a poor contact at the masthead block would likely give low or no voltage rather than too high a voltage so the fault is likely to be in the transducer.
I will need to pay someone to do any work at the masthead so buying a replacement transducer at about £350 would seem to be the best option.
I believe that I could buy a replacement PCB at about £120 but I don't know how quick or easy it would be to fit while the rigger is standing by on wages and if it would fix the fault.
Any thoughts, advice or hints would be appreciated.
TIA
Ash
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