[C320-list] knot meter

[Rod Boer]

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
>
>


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Chris Burti Farmville, NC