[C320-list] Depth Sounder

[John Jacobs]

Thanks ,  I’m going to work on it this weekend and I’ll give you an update on my progress.

John
> On Feb 26, 2018, at 3:01 PM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
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>   - Sorry, I hit <send> too soon... there are test procedures and I am
>   reasonably certain that you can find them easily in the Raymarine tech
>   forums. If your instrument wire is like mine in a continuous run from the
>   sealed transducer at the bow to the i5 adapter buss in the aft locker and a
>   second run from there to the pod on the pedestal, the latter run is easy to
>   check connections and continuity (google a YouTube video for 'continuity
>   test' if you don't know how - it is easy) and is the most likely source of
>   a problem. If the problem isn't there, you will need to test the transducer
>   using an ohm meter and the test procedure on the Ray tech forum, I believe
>   this will disclose a continuity failure as well as a defect in the
>   transducer
> 
> 
> Chris Burti
> Farmville, NC
> 
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> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 2:25 PM, John Jacobs <johjacob1 at mac.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks Chris.  Since I'm completely clueless about this, does the depth
>> read while on the hard?
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>> John Jacobs
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>> Surprise #644
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>> Westbrook, CT
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>> On Feb 26, 2018, at 10:49 AM, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> An intermittent fault is most likely a connection issue. Check the
>> connection behind the instrument, then look for a terminal board down in
>> the locker or a junction near the instrument where a P.O.may have made a
>> splice. Other possibilities are a wire chafe if any part of the run from
>> the pod to where the instrument wire goes into the base of the Edson wheel
>> in the aft cabin runs outside a loom and across a sharp edged surface. In
>> either case any movement of the wire at the location of the fault will
>> produce an intermittent reading.
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>> If you are getting an intermittent reading while the vessel is not in
>> motion and without the engine running, I would send the instrument head to
>> Raymarine to be checked.
>> 
>> Chris Burti
>> Commitment, #867
>> Farmville, NC
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>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 5:12 AM, John Jacobs <johjacob1 at mac.com> wrote:
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>> My depth sounder was intermittently displaying depth this fall when I
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>> sailed up to CT to store my boat for the winter.
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>> I have the Raymarine ST6000 instrumentation. I guess I really don’t know
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>> what questions to ask other than what questions do
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>> I need to ask? How can this be checked out on the hard?
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>> John
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>> s/v Surprise
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