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• Gremlins, autopilot
  • sealed?
    • Yes, sealed.
      • Is it this one ?
        • similar
  • Is there a thermal fuse to protect the motor?
  • Isn't Whitlock owned by Lewmar?
    • contacted Lewmar
      • redundancy in the form of 2 of them.
        • I'm with you dan, redundancy is the way to go.
          • I was researching a stowable wheel drive.
            • We did 30 minute watches all day
  • Reversible motor drives.
    • Thanks Al
      • Course computer
        • Will check that
    • This gremlin is back
      • Could it be the clutch?...
        • Clutch engages normally
      • Just a thought..
        • I was thinking the same
      • It sounds like it might be a rudder feed back issue to me.
        • The rudder position
          • Did you ever get the Ohm reading
            • Yes I confirmed this morning
              • Well, that's good and bad. Did you
      • This was exactly the problem I had leaving Norfolk in February
        • That's good info
        • Yikes, now I'm getting nervous!
        • Did the motor move at all?
          • In my case the motor did not move at all
            • That's helpful
            • Had another conversation with Raymarine Support
              • Wire wound sensors
                • Fixed the AP!
                  • Congrats Larry, SG.. and here's a LVDT wiki-link
                  • Sometimes...
                  • Well done Larry! I would suggest
                    • These were butt connections
                      • I hate butt connections so much that
                        • Terminal boards also offer a place to troubleshoot.
                          • Sorry Steve... you covered that. Good show!
                        • Steve- That's the best well-reasoned rants I've seen in a long time!
                          • Thanks, Charlie. I'm not often accused of being "well-reasoned".
                  • I'm happy for you!
          • If the problem is the brushes then you
            • Sealed motor
              • Well, that's a bummer.
              • Larry, I swapped mine out for one that wasn't sealed.
                • This is a Whitlock motor
                  • remember now, it was an Accusteer
                    • Dan
    • Wires?
      • My test of direct voltage
        • The issue isn't the capacity for simply carrying voltage -- its the ablity to carry watts (amps) through the wire.
          • I used the actual wire
            • If you have a bad connection or a bad wire...
              • Understood
        • Larry, what happens when you put a didgital voltmeter across