Glorious team of salty sailors
After months of testing and work my autopilot is still inoperable.
Raytheon ST5000+ with Type 1 linear drive.
Have had the head unit bench tested, the drive bench tested as well as the clutch, the wiring between the head and the tested.
Every time I put it apart and put it back together it will work for about an hour and then i will receive a drivestop error.
some days it might come on for 20-30 mins and fail other days it wont even work.
has anyone had a similar issue / have any ideas what could be causing it.
I'm just about ready to go spend 10% of my boats value on a new autopilot......
As always thank you in advance
Cam
Solasta
Cameron Wallis
Solasta
MDR
Hi,
Just a thought, are the batteries in good shape? I had similar issue in the past, and AP stops working after a while, batteries worn.
Eladio Vallina
C-36 TR EUREKA II
Hull 1122 (1991)
Home port Barcelona (Spain).
Check the wiring to the linear drive. Often it is under sized and you'll get too much voltage drop. I think mine is 10awg
Les & Trish Troyer
Mahalo
Everett, WA
1983 C-36 Hull #0094
C-36 MK 1 Technical Editor.
Commodore