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Re: Faulty ST60 Wind Instrument
« Reply #25 on: September 21 2016, 09:52 »
Thank you Mark for your generous donation. Perhaps I should start a new business :)
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Re: Faulty ST60 Wind Instrument
« Reply #26 on: September 21 2016, 15:22 »
Thank you Mark for your generous donation. Perhaps I should start a new business :)

You're welcome, Nigel. Quite frankly, a two day turnaround when Raymarine Repair Man wouldn't even look at it, is great service. My grateful thanks. Now to refit and see if it goes bang again. I'm down there tomorrow (with digimeter at the ready!). At least you've got 9 spare inductors left in case the worst happens!

Wish me luck....  ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Faulty ST60 Wind Instrument
« Reply #27 on: September 22 2016, 19:01 »
Nigel - it works!! Bloody marvelous job, mate. Well done and thanks a million. Bearing in mind how many of us have ST60 kit, your new business may well take off....

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Re: Faulty ST60 Wind Instrument
« Reply #28 on: September 23 2016, 09:41 »
FYI: ST60 Wind
  Red:     +8v DC, main feed to masthead stalk.
  Shield:  common return
  Blue:    2v - 6v, port side directional element
  Green:  2v - 6v, stbd side directional element
  Yellow:  0v - 5v, wind speed, greater voltage = higher speed

As a follow-up to this, the above tests are as written by Raymarine, but in my opinion are misleading.

See my topic ST60 Wind Instrument Information

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Re: Faulty ST60 Wind Instrument
« Reply #29 on: September 23 2016, 14:11 »
Thanks Mark and Nigel for your input to this thread which I have followed with some interest. It just goes to show what can be done if there is a mind to do it. Well done both of you.

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Re: Faulty ST60 Wind Instrument
« Reply #30 on: October 03 2016, 09:22 »
As a follow-up to this, the above tests are as written by Raymarine, but in my opinion are misleading.

See my topic ST60 Wind Instrument Information

As a final note on this thread,: although working, I was getting the needle reading 120deg off the actual wind direction, e.g. wind directly ahead, needle points 120 stbd; wind behind, needle 60deg port. To me, that bears out Nigel's comment about signal rather than voltage in his topic above (although definitely 120 deg rather than 90deg!). It's easy to fix - go into DLR mode/analogue calibration, and move the pointer as required. It's damped so should be done slowly to catch up. It doesn't even require the boat to be moving into wind as stated, you can adjust the needle to the hawk (in my case, 120deg). Everything is working like new so perhaps there had been a minor problem that was exacerbated by the fiddling about during mast removal ops. Now all I have to fix is the speedo...
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