[C320-list] Indicators on Steering Pedestal Instruments Panel ('94 Cat 320)

[Graeme Clark]

It's very easy to retrofit a buzzer in electrical parallel with the warning light(s) so the buzzer sounds when the light comes on

The pedestal instruments are not easily visible no matter how bright and a buzzer alerts you to a problem. It doesn't matter what the sound is so long as it makes you look at the instruments you can then work out what the issue is

My original buzzer died and I bought a $5 replacement on eBay. As it goes off every time I turn the ignition switch in until the engine starts (due low oil pressure) it effectively self tests every trip so no need for anything fancy

Graeme
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> On 4 Jun 2017, at 22:22, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I responded to Dave with a picture of our dashboard on #62, showing the three LEDs. The “Charge” LED is on until the engine starts, as is the “Low Oil Pressure.” The “High Water Temp” LED is never on unless the coolant temp is above the limit of the sender. 
> The Charge light was not connected when we bought the boat. When I upgraded the alternator and added an external regulator, I connected the regulator to the LED.
> 
> Dave indicated that there are only two LEDs on his #32... entirely possible. Another suspected difference only 30 hulls apart.
> 
> Warren and Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Hupe [mailto:hoopdtwo at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 7:26 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Indicators on Steering Pedestal Instruments Panel ('94 Cat 320)
> 
> Warren-
> 
> Thanks, but I can't seem to find the documents you refer to from Allen on the association website. 
> 
> I would imagine/expect that your system and ours would be very similar (few hull numbers between our #32 and your #62), but maybe not.  I could not locate any alarm module (I unscrewed and looked behind my trapezoidal instruments panel where I expected it would be mounted). Is it somewhere else? 
> 
> For sure my red indicator is (should be) for low oil pressure (there is a faint oil can symbol on the red bezel). However, I would be hard pressed to see it, since it is lit so dimly (I have to cup my hands around the bezel to see light behind it when I turn on my key).  You didn't answer directly, but I think you are confirming that the white light is to show that the alternator is charging (the light goes off when the engine starts).......correct? I just realized today that the white lamp doesn't have a bezel covering it.  So, maybe the original bezel said what it was for. 
> 
> Thanks for all the help to date. 
> 
> Dave Hupe
> '94 Cat 320 (hull #32)
> Holland, MI
>