Fred, Rich and anyone else who has got their Raymarine ticket... My Raymarine (ST60) wind transducer began dying a slow death after a particularly breezy and rainy passage in the fall of 2011. By the fall of 2012, it was pretty much dead and while there was power at the display, there was no data coming from the masthead.
When a crewman who loves to go aloft finally got up to the masthead a few weeks ago, the transducer was loose and darn near fell into his hand. He cleaned up all the contacts and re-attached the transducer, but no joy was to be had. (Occassionally, the wind speed would read "0.0" instead of "-.-" but that's it. My hypothesis is that the transducer worked itself loose in the storm and a mix of salty and fresh water has been pouring into the cable ever since and it has now failed. (And yes, I've checked all the connections from the base of the mast back to the helm). Now, to replace the cable, do I need a Seatalk cable? or can I use something more standard? Also, do I have to replace the transducer? Raymarine ships the transducers with cable attached, so I'm wondering if there's some magic to that. Thoughts welcome... Cheers, Colin
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