Very helpful. Thanks!

@EastCoastSailing_

14 күн бұрын

Thanks Jim. Glad it helped you. All the best Rob

Thanks for your video. Great information.

@EastCoastSailing_

21 күн бұрын

No worries, glad it helped 👍

Thankyou rob 😃, I was going mental trying to understand how the wind the motor on and not break the electrical connections. You have a great skill of communicating tricky technical detail in an entertaining way. Keep up the great work 👍

@EastCoastSailing_

3 ай бұрын

Thankyou so much for the kind words ! 🥰

Great video ⛵️⚓️

HI, i did the same mistake as you and drilled of the two motor wires. Unfortunaltely i can't recognize which connector has been plus and which one minus. Is there any marker or does the polarization not matter in this case ? I measured the voltage at the cable coming from the controller. It changes between 6.8 Volts and minus 6.8 Volts, depending on rotation direction. So polarization seems to be important.

@EastCoastSailing_

Ай бұрын

I didn’t see any markings either to show which one was positive or negative. You have a 50% chance of getting it right. If you put the wires in the wrong way round, it will rotate the wheel in the opposite direction. I got it wrong and had to Swap the wires over. I swapped the wires over on the electrical rather than swapping on the plug as it’s fiddly. Hope it helps.

Brill

Tx for informative video Rob. Downloaded alreday. I have the same boat, 343 and same autopilot ST 4000+. Updated with a new wheel unit. While sailing with auto mode on the boat tends to unstable and making S. Did re-calibration, rudder gain and response changes but still unstable. Have u got any issues like that Rob ?

@EastCoastSailing_

3 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks for watching. The drive unit has no intelligence, its literally an electrical motor with a positive and negative terminal so the drive unit isn't the issue unfortunately. It's good the drive unit is snaking and over correcting which is a good sign that things are working just not as they should. It sounds to me it's a sensor related issue. The 1st place id look is the rudder sensor. This is tucked away in the rear bedroom usually through the wider access hatch. There is probably a very badly made plywood bracket holding a sensor to the rudder stock. Check that this is connected and there's no issues of it hanging off. Then put the rudder central and check the display on the raymarine panel which will show the rudder position being central. Turn the wheel left and see id the sensor goes left. If this is fine then I think it's down to the compass usually mounted on the rear handrail called the flux gate compass. Have a google. It's a small black box that looks a bit like a speaker and you should be able to find a manual online. Make sure there are no magnets or speakers near it effecting it and test it. It's about 5cm by 5cm. Also make sure that the compass box is facing the correct way as it has a direction facing forward as well as it needs to be level to operate. It's amazing the amount of people who put this on 180 degrees in the wrong way round if it comes off as people usually clip them on with pipe clips and they slip off easily. Hope this helps but it sounds like an easy fix. Regards Rob

@egemenduygu9356

3 ай бұрын

Tx for the advise, ll check rudder sensor first. (But not sure my boat has a one since it’s optional and didn’t see any rudder bar indicating port or starboard) I thought it might be mechanical since while motoring it’s working fine but when sails r up it just goes crazy.

@EastCoastSailing_

3 ай бұрын

You will 100% have a rudder position sensor. It's mounted on the metal pole. Without that your autopilot wouldn't work. It's a small black arm with threaded bat connected to the rudder cable plate. You need to get your head right in that hatch and look but google st4000 rudder position sensor so you know what your looking for. You will have a position monitor on the display but you might not have seen it. Little dashed lines on the bottom of the repeater panel. If it works while motoring then that's odd. I'm guessing if you're sailing then the boat is heeled over affecting the ability to steer. Either the boat needs trimming or you flux compass needs replacing. If you get stuck drop me an email and I'll face time you when you're down the boat next.

@egemenduygu9356

3 ай бұрын

@@EastCoastSailing_ Thanks for ur help Rob.

@mickeydawson348

25 күн бұрын

@@EastCoastSailing_ I installed the EV-100 on my O'Day 322 without a rudder sensor. It worked, but tended to hunt back and forth a bit more than I liked. Over the winter I added the rudder sensor, and now she tracks much nicer! So, I believe you can go without the rudder sensor, but the AP works much better with one.

Hi please from where i can get all parts in the UK?

@EastCoastSailing_

Ай бұрын

Hi, all the information is on the video from 2:46 onwards. Thanks