[C320-list] ST 4000 Problems

[pat reynolds]

I had difficulty locating mine even after asking the people who installed them for Catalina.  Some were in the settees, some near the compression post bilge area, mine was behind the rear berth bulkhead near the access door under a lot of wiring.

--- On Mon, 5/31/10, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] ST 4000 Problems
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 7:18 PM
> Alan, did this just start happening
> or has it always done this?  If a new
> issue, it may well be your fluxgate compass.  If not,
> check to be sure the
> AP is not powered from a 12V source in the engine
> pod.  It should have a
> clean feed from a circuit breaker or fuse.  If the
> current source for the AP
> incurs a sudden drop, the AP will reset just as though it
> was just turned
> on.
> 
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Goodman [mailto:goodmanalanlee at hotmail.com]
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:37 PM
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] ST 4000 Problems
> 
> 
> 
> Where is the fluxgate located on the early boats (hull 67,
> 1994)?  Mine
> autopilot acts up when the engine is turned on while the
> autopilot is
> engaged. The autopilot then just veers off course and
> begins to steer in
> random directions far off the set heading.  The
> autopilot is not networked
> with any other device, so I'll start by looking at the
> fluxgate.  Alan
> Holland MI
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