Raymarine i60 Wind Transducer Compatibility

[Wandering Star]

I've just purchased an almost new i60 wind display from eBay for a good price. As far as I can gather from my online research, any of the Raymarine wind transducers will work viz. ST50, ST60, ST60+. Does anyone know for sure that my understanding is correct? Also, will the ST50 mast cable and masthead connector work for any of the later wind transducer offerings or is the cable model specific?

Thanks.

 

[FWB]

You can plug in the i60 into your existing Seatalk 1 set up. A cable is available. The transducer wires plug straight into the back of the i60. BUT BUT there is an unresolved problem with the i60 in that the needle sticks in the sun. I have had a long interaction with Raymarine who tested a random new unit and agreed that there is a problem. They have been working on it since the spring. The last I was told was that they reckon it's to do with the glue on the black face. Anyway I gave up and they sent me an i70 instead. This needs the ST60 instrument to feed it since I have a Seatalk 1 system.
Many owners of the i60 are unaware of the problem since the needle un sticks as soon as the unit goes into the shade or they have them in the shade all the time. There is a discussion about the problem on the Raymarine US forum
http://raymarine.ning.com/forum/topics/i60-gauge-operating-intermittently But the moderators keep deleting negative comments. Also it appears that the Raymarine US are unaware of Raymarine UK in giving solutions...their latest is that the needle hits the glass. I can't believe that they are still for sale.
Good luck with your i60 just keep it out of the sun and it will be fine.

 

[earlybird]

I have no knowledge of the i60 display, but the various ST50/60 transducers are basically interchangeable using the same cable and socket at the mast-head.
However, my understanding is that the later transducers, with the egg-shaped body, turn faster than the earlier, ST50 type with the parallel body. That is why the ST60 and ST60+ displays are normally set with a wind-speed calibration factor of 0.7.
If you are using one of the earlier transducers, this needs to be taken into account.

 

[Wandering Star]

Thanks for this information which is exactly what I needed to know.

 

[Billjratt]

I've come across a gender bender at the masthead between ST50 and ST60 plug/socketry -probably designed to alert the user to incompatibility as there was also a 30% -ish windspeed discrepancy that was not adjustable on ST50 instruments.