[C320-list] Raymarine seatalk troubleshooting

[Chris Burti]

We are in the water year around, no mast step issues
and everything was working a couple of weeks ago.

--- Stanley Rogacevicz <SROGACEV at holycross.edu> wrote:

>   If this was the first try since a spring mast
> re-step my first guess
> would be poor re-wiring by the yard monkeys as the
> mast was being
> stepped because it has happened to me. The VHF
> connection is separate
> and simple but so are many yard monkeys. If the
> Anchor, Running, and
> Deck lights work they handled that 12v re-plugging
> ok. The data from the
> wind vane is what was not connected for me one year
> and it is easy to
> mess up because it is a little black box full of
> 'hair wires' and tiny
> screws to re-attach.
>   Of course both the VHF antenna connection and Wind
> Vane connection
> could have been messed up at the masthead during
> mast handling also.
> Stan
> (formerly) Christy Leigh
> c320 #656
> Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI
> 
> >>> cburti at yahoo.com 4/28/2006 11:46 AM >>>
> Well...I'm with you in spirit. 
> 
> My wind instrument is dead and the autopilot reads
> "seatalk failure".
> 
> Depth and speed work.
> 
> VHF is dead and it did have power at the set.
> 
> My first suspect was lightning, but...
> 
> VHF antenna apears intact as well as the wind vane.
> 
> Anchor light works.
> 
> Still could be lightning, but these rule out a
> direct
> strike.
> 
> My next test will be to open the navpod and look for
> a
> loose wire.
> 
> Barring that there are impedence tests for the vane
> on
> the Raymarine website.
> 
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Chris Burti
"Commitment"
Catalina 320, #867, 
Farmville, NC

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