That's possible as the units age. Again, possibly a capacitor leakage issue. Minor inconvenience if it's only once a year.
Rich > On Jan 13, 2014, at 21:51, "wwadjo...@aol.com" <wwadjo...@aol.com> wrote: > > Rich, > Not every time power off, but it seems in spring after winter where batteries > pulled and taken to basement that Need to Re swing the fluxgate and adjust > the gain. Maybe not, but it seems to lose this memory over winter. > Bill > > Sent from my HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Rich Knowles" <r...@sailpower.ca> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Autohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS > Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 8:40 PM > > Hmm. Bill, If you are saying every time you shut off the power to the auto > helm, the settings revert, that is not right. I've installed and set up many > of them and never had that problem except for one unit. The problem with that > one was an electrolytic capacitor that had been installed at the factory in > the course computer with the polarity reversed. It caused the memory hold > circuit to drain down with a consequent loss of settings. Raymarine fixed it. > Not sure what unit you have, but you might have the same problem. > > Rich > > > On Jan 13, 2014, at 20:17, "wwadjo...@aol.com" <wwadjo...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > Ops, how does spell checker take autohelm to shrivel? Hmmmm. Another topic > > altogether. > > > > Sent from my HTC > > > > ----- Reply message ----- > > From: "wwadjo...@aol.com" <wwadjo...@aol.com> > > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > Subject: Stus-ListAutohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS > > Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 7:15 PM > > > > Yeah, well Rich, tell that to my shrivel., please > > Bill walker > > > > Sent from my HTC > > > > ----- Reply message ----- > > From: "Rich Knowles" <r...@sailpower.ca> > > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > Subject: Stus-List Autohelm St4000 how it should work with the GPS > > Date: Mon, Jan 13, 2014 5:38 PM > > > > Not to be picky, but your last step should not be required every time you > > shut off the power. The settings are retained in non-volatile memory. > > > > Rich > > > > > On Jan 13, 2014, at 18:24, Wwadjourn <wwadjo...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > I almost shudder at posting in this thread, but . . . . . . > > > One other point, read the manual, and set the gain on the auto pilot. > > > You will never get optimum performance, read: a straight course, without > > > doing this step in the set up, AND every time that power is completely > > > removed from the pilot, e.g. winter storage. > > > > > > Bill Walker > > > Evening Star > > > CnC 36 > > > Pentwater, Mi > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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