[C320-list] Shake-down cruise

[Kenny Geist]

Mine is a Westerbeke and I did not see what appeared to be a sender on the alternator so it might be by the flywheel.  I will take a look.

Kenny Geist
Kennyge at Prodigy.net

619-895-3406 

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From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hare
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 9:57 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise

Ted,

While the alternators have tach sender outputs, your boat and others that have yanmar engines use a flywheel sensor to drive the tach not the alternator.

Jeff Hare
#809


Ted Barto <capt.tb at verizon.net> wrote:

>On a diesel engine the tach is driven by alternator output, most 
>alternators have a certain trigger speed, when first started they don't 
>charge at idle until you speed the engine up past that trigger speed. 
>Our tachs are not especially accurate, if you turn the key off before 
>the needle has returned to zero it will read 5 or 600 rpm while 
>stopped. If it's jumping around while running at a steady speed the 
>primary culprit is loose or corroded connections.
>Ted #880
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary Magnuson
>Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:23 PM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
>
>Hi Joe,
>  On My 1995 320, I watch my  tac bounce up and down erratically...
>Sometimes it would hold and then then just drop to zero and later 
>bounce back up to the RPM level.  I traced the wiring from the back of 
>the instrument cluster to the engine, and found that I can tighten many 
>of the connections at both ends of the wiring harness. On My Perkins 
>M30, there is an inline connector with screw terminals near the top of 
>the transmission that is where I made my adjustments.  It seems to have 
>solved the problem.  I guess that after almost 20 years, things have a 
>tendency to work themselves loose...  See if that might help your 
>situation...
>
>Gary Magnuson
>Time A Weigh #205
>
>
>On 10/1/2014 7:14 PM, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote:
>> Ahoy......I adjusted belt beginning of the season......have had this 
>> issue all summer. I'm thinking its a weak electrical ground
>> somewhere.....Joe....#245
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 09:27 PM, jim brown wrote:
>>
>>> Alternator/water pump, fresh water pump belt tension loose??
>>>
>>> Jim Brown
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>  From: Elizabeth Schwartz To: C320-List at Catalina320.com Sent: 
>>> Tuesday, September 30, 2014 8:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
>>>
>>> Ahoy....Do you still have a slow response to rpm indication when 
>>> starting?  I have had the same, and no indication of battery charge 
>>> until I advance the throttle, than both indicators become 
>>> normal......Joe
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 05:24 PM, Kenny Geist wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, that is exactly what it needed. I was afraid to pull hard 
>>>> but everything is working now.
>>>>
>>>> Kenny Geist
>>>> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
>>>>
>>>> 619-895-3406
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On 
>>>> Behalf Of Millers
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 11:29 AM
>>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Shake-down cruise
>>>>
>>>> On my windlass breaker:  push in firmly for power.  I need to pull 
>>>> the breaker firmly out to shut off. Art. #680
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 11:23 AM, "Kenny Geist"  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We just got back from a 9 day shakedown cruise to Block Island via 
>>>>> Port Jefferson, Duck Island Roads, Watch Hill and Clinton Harbor 
>>>>> on
>>>> Windrifter.
>>>>> It was amazing!  She handled great and our 27hp Westerbeke did not 
>>>>> miss a beat.
>>>>>
>>>>> A few little things popped up with which I need some advice.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1st,  On the first morning when I went to pick up the anchor using 
>>>>> the windlass, I pushed the 80 amp what appears to be a circuit 
>>>>> breaker and the light went on and the windlass worked effortlessly 
>>>>> but when I went to turn it off, I pushed the button and nothing 
>>>>> happened and the light and windlass are still connected and the 
>>>>> light will not go off.  I pulled a wire on the back of the breaker to get the light to turn off.
>>>>> Bad breaker? Where would I get one?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2nd, When I start the engine, it takes a few minutes for the 
>>>>> tachometer to read and I am not sure if I am getting proper 
>>>>> readings once
>>>> it does read.
>>>>> Where is the sender?  Where would I get a replacement and is in 
>>>>> and easy fix?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>> Kenny Geist
>>>>> Kennyge at Prodigy.net
>>>>>
>>>>> 1996 C-320 Windrifter
>>>>> Out of Bayside, Queens, NY
>>>>>
>>>>> 619-895-3406
>>>>>
>>>>>
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