[C320-list] knot meter
Mark Koch
markkoch738 at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 6 18:31:47 PDT 2008
I had the same problem last year with my knot meter. I pulled the sender and it worked perfectly as long as it wasn't in the hole, but in the hole it would not work. It turned out that there were Zebra mussels attached to the thru hull fitting just forward of the paddle wheel and they blocked the flow of water over the sender. I used a bent coat hanger through the hole to knock them off. It worked perfectly after I removed the Mussels.
Mark Koch
#738
Still Crazy
<html><div><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=4>Mark Koch <BR></FONT>KelKo Products Company <BR>Sandusky, Ohio <BR>(419) 626-2571</div></html>> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:42:24 -0400> From: rod.boer1 at verizon.net> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com> Subject: Re: [C320-list] knot meter> > Chris,> > I will try that this next weekend. Thanks for the tip.> > Rod> > -----Original Message-----> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Chris Burti> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:43 PM> To: C320-List at catalina320.com> Subject: Re: [C320-list] knot meter> > Rod, when mine does that, it isn't fully seated. In only takes a fraction of> an inch/couple of threads on the ring and it won't work. Tap it down but not> on the wires and make sure it is fully seated.> > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Rod Boer <rod.boer1 at verizon.net> wrote:> > > Hi Jim,> >> > I have hull number 688 and mine has been acting up all summer. Sometimes> > it> > works, sometimes it works half speed, and now it isn't working at all. I> > assumed it was the electronics and I was going to check it out but I had> my> > wife spin the paddle wheel when it was removed and it I easily got a> > reading> > on the gauge. I am thinking that it might have something to do with the> > rubber flapper that I am told is in the transducer hole to prevent water> > from coming in when switching between the transducer and the plug, which I> > do twice every weekend. The only other thing I can think of is if there> > was> > be a build up of barnacles on the hole in front of the paddle wheel but> > that> > seems unlikely although the C320 next me had a 5" buildup on a portion of> > the bottom of the keel that was not painted this spring.> >> > Rod> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> > [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of jim pasley> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:08 AM> > To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> > Subject: [C320-list] knot meter> >> > The knot meter has quit working on my boat. She's a 2000 C320, hull 691. I> > have the standard factory installed Nav Pod and everything else is working> > fine. The unit still works in all other functions, (timer, etc) and the> > knot> > speed lights up, but only reads 0.00. I imagine the problem is not in the> > electronics, but rather whatever contraption measures the water passing> > under the hull. Could someone tell me where it might be and how one would> > go> > about checking and cleaning it? Thanks.> >> > Thanks.> > Jim> > Dream Weaver #691> >> >> > > -- > Chris Burti Farmville, NC>
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