Good evening all. About to set out on my maiden voyage back home, maine to RI. One thing on the bucket list was temp gauge accuracy. My lower helm was reading high and pretty much all over the place. (By the way, 1979 albin 36 trawler)
Last night I installed a new gauge hoping it might work but obviously it didn't. On the bridge it was the same but one day I noticed my oil pressure was around 40psi on the bridge and the lower helm again was around 20 but kinda all over as well.
I can go on for 10 more paragraphs but I'm not. Today I had the idea of swapping the oil pressure and temp gauges just because I knew the oil pressure was better. I noticed the temp gauge seemed a bit more accurate on the bridge as well.
Letting the engine warm up it seemed the bridge was working. I went down to the engine room and put a ir gun on the engine and temp was within 10degrees. I was soooooo happy. I could swap the gauges and be all set.
Here is where it gets "phunny",,,, I walked by the lower helm and the lower gauges were almost identical to the bridge.
So,,, here is my question. Do both keys need to be in the on position for the gauges to read properly? By both keys I mean lower helm and flybridge. If I turn the bridge key off they are not accurate.
When I messed with the temp gauge last night I noticed on the oil pressure gauge it said "dual gauge",,, something.
Does anyone else have the same set up? Is it normal? I'm thinking it is because both gauges report accurate at least on the temp side,, within 5 degrees if what the IR gun shows
As always, thanks
Last night I installed a new gauge hoping it might work but obviously it didn't. On the bridge it was the same but one day I noticed my oil pressure was around 40psi on the bridge and the lower helm again was around 20 but kinda all over as well.
I can go on for 10 more paragraphs but I'm not. Today I had the idea of swapping the oil pressure and temp gauges just because I knew the oil pressure was better. I noticed the temp gauge seemed a bit more accurate on the bridge as well.
Letting the engine warm up it seemed the bridge was working. I went down to the engine room and put a ir gun on the engine and temp was within 10degrees. I was soooooo happy. I could swap the gauges and be all set.
Here is where it gets "phunny",,,, I walked by the lower helm and the lower gauges were almost identical to the bridge.
So,,, here is my question. Do both keys need to be in the on position for the gauges to read properly? By both keys I mean lower helm and flybridge. If I turn the bridge key off they are not accurate.
When I messed with the temp gauge last night I noticed on the oil pressure gauge it said "dual gauge",,, something.
Does anyone else have the same set up? Is it normal? I'm thinking it is because both gauges report accurate at least on the temp side,, within 5 degrees if what the IR gun shows
As always, thanks