A handheld VHF or magnetic knife can put your autopilot into an alcoholic
stupor as you move around been there done that one LOL
A treasured sailing knife has been relegated to a mast pouch...
The VHF handheld is in my waist/thigh kit with gps and delorme tracker I
have been remov
Kim,
Been a while since I installed or worked on an X-5 but two thoughts occur
to me, bad motor or binding in the SportDrive. Here's how I'd troubleshoot
it.
First, take the motor out of the system. I forget if you can just pull the
power cable of the back or not. If not, find a place to disc
Hi Joel,
Are you implying that Fred Street and others on
this list do not actually know what they are talking about? :)
Cheers, Russ
At 12:05 PM 19/09/2014, you wrote:
There is a separate power cable to the computer.
 I'd disconnect it or the power cable to the
display to isolat
Kim — it sounds like the drive motor may have frozen up; when you try to engage
it, it draws too much current and pops the breaker.
If you disconnect the drive from the control head, you should be able to make
it turn by applying 12 volts across the two leads; the direction it turns will
be det
There is a separate power cable to the computer. I'd disconnect it or the
power cable to the display to isolate the problem.
Or call Ray or post on their forum and talk to someone who actually knows
what they are talking about.
Joel
35/3
Annapolis
On Friday, September 19, 2014, Kim Brown via Cn