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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: CALIRA Panel 418

« Last post by Happysailor on Yesterday at 18:25 »

Unfortunately Calira does not exist anymore.
Many people who worked with Calira, now work with “Cabotron”

https://www.cabotron-elektronik.de/reparaturen/service-reparaturen/service-repairs/

You can always reach to them if they can provide you information

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Fuel Indicating Full Permanently

« Last post by Happysailor on Yesterday at 18:20 »

If your tank is not full, you could open the inspection hatch in the tank en see if your level sensor is not stuck in the topside. Sometimes a little piece of dirt in the tank makes it for the level sensor to be stuck in top position.
On our previous Bavaria, we had a vdo levelsensor and on this one the float and the levelpotentio meter got detached, also displaying the same level at all times..

From my experience, usually the problem is with the level gauge.

Good luck!

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Fuel Indicating Full Permanently

« Last post by jonmagowan@gmail.com on Yesterday at 17:26 »

Hello,

My fuel gauge is permanently indicating full.

I have checked power to the gauge and the function of the gauge.

I have a Road type sender. There is power to the sender.

When I disconnect the sender the gauge indicates empty.

If I reconnect the sender and turn on the system, I cannot measure any resistance between the signal wire (yellow) and any of the other 5 wires in the cable.

Any idea where I go from here ?

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: CALIRA Panel 418

« Last post by cjheim on Yesterday at 06:35 »

Hi,

Is there anyone who has the circuit diagramm of Tank Level meters?

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / lock for cockpit doors

« Last post by blue-max on May 30 2024, 20:12 »

I am replacing the drop down perspex cockpit hatch with a pair of side hung  wooden doors.  I would like to have a similar  lock  and interior catch as before  but don't want to  use the existing  as the doorsare much  thicker at 3 cm. Trying to avoid separate hardware for inside and outside. Hopefully someone knows the answer

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Lewmar Integra Autopilot Drive (rudder sensor)

« Last post by jonmagowan@gmail.com on May 30 2024, 16:58 »

Actually that’s a great idea. Thank you, I shall have a look tomorrow.

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Lewmar Integra Autopilot Drive (rudder sensor)

« Last post by Yngmar on May 30 2024, 16:56 »

Just look at the wires coming out of your drive unit. Most have one pair for the motor and one pair for the clutch. If there's no other wires, there's no position sensor.

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Lewmar Integra Autopilot Drive (rudder sensor)

« Last post by jonmagowan@gmail.com on May 30 2024, 14:38 »

Thank you. Yes, you are quite correct.
However, the system actually works most of the time. Also the autopilot accepted a rudder recalibration and consistently indicates the rudder position on the helm control (GHC 50).
For these reasons I’m sure that there is already a rudder feedback sensor in the system. I’ve had a look and I can’t see anything obvious (such as the Garmin device already mentioned).
This makes me think there is a sensor built into the drive unit.
Can anyone shed light on this situation ?

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Re: Lewmar Integra Autopilot Drive (rudder sensor)

« Last post by Yngmar on May 30 2024, 12:12 »

If your drive unit is not from Garmin (which have the feedback sensor integrated), then you need to add the GRF 10 rudder angle sensor.

Garmin clearly says so: https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=xWPnZYcgFY13z34jiPsX97

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Bavaria Yacht Help! / Lewmar Integra Autopilot Drive (rudder sensor)

« Last post by jonmagowan@gmail.com on May 30 2024, 08:11 »

Bavaria 33 Cruiser 2013.

Autopilot Garmin 40 Reactor (brand new)

Lewmar Integra Autopilot Drive Sprocket Version (original). Motor, gears and clutch seem to be working fine.

Error message, as below…..

“Autopilot rudder miscalibration detected. Recalibrate the rudder”


My brand new Garmin autopilot is not working. It looks like it’s not getting correct position feedback from the rudder. I re-calibrated the rudder as per Garmin instructions but the fault persists. I’m trying to ascertain where the system gets the rudder position from. I contacted Lewmar and they say that they supply the motor, gears and clutch and the rest of the drive unit is nothing to do with them. My Garmin guy (who fitted the system) says there is no rudder feedback as part of the Reactor components.

I’ve contacted Garmin and SVB and am awaiting a reply from both of them. Does anybody else have any experience of this system and fault ?

Impavidus (YouTube) implied that there is a position sensor as an integral part of the drive unit (some sort of rotational potentiometer).

Any guidance gratefully received. Very expensive autopilot system totally useless at the moment and, as I’m sure you all appreciate, it really curtails the sailing experience!