Hydraulicjump
Well-known member
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2011
- Messages
- 646
- Fluid Motion Model
- C-30 CB
- Hull Identification Number
- FMLT2911F415
- Non-Fluid Motion Model
- Necky Looksha VII, Liquidlogic Remix, Jackson 4Fun
- Vessel Name
- La Barka (2015)
A month ago when I powered up my Garmin 5212 system I got error code 006 indicating my radar was not functioning properly. There is nothing in the Garmin lit that tells you what this really is. A search of the Internet suggested that the problem lay with corrosion of the magnetron in the dome. Fortunately, with the help of Andrew the wizard, Garmin shipped me a new dome. When I swapped the old one out, the problem (I think) was revealed.
I store the boat "on the hard" on a trailer, sometimes putting a cover on and sometimes leaving it off if I am going to use it soon. The mast is down during this, leaving the radar dome on its side. When it is like this, rain or water from a washdown flows down the bottom of the dome and across the power and NMEA connections. Last fall, I distinctly remember getting a shower from the dome when I put it up, showing that it was leaking and trapping rainwater.
Sure enough, when I examined the old dome, the nut that seals the female power connection to the dome was loose. This was the obvious entry point for water. The new dome has a much more robust connection, suggesting to me that Garmin figured this problem out.
So a caution to those of you who store your boats on the hard, but uncovered: check the two connections on the bottom of the dome to see if they are seated properly. Of course, if you live here in California, you have until sometime in late October to do that.
Just sharin'
Jeff
I store the boat "on the hard" on a trailer, sometimes putting a cover on and sometimes leaving it off if I am going to use it soon. The mast is down during this, leaving the radar dome on its side. When it is like this, rain or water from a washdown flows down the bottom of the dome and across the power and NMEA connections. Last fall, I distinctly remember getting a shower from the dome when I put it up, showing that it was leaking and trapping rainwater.
Sure enough, when I examined the old dome, the nut that seals the female power connection to the dome was loose. This was the obvious entry point for water. The new dome has a much more robust connection, suggesting to me that Garmin figured this problem out.
So a caution to those of you who store your boats on the hard, but uncovered: check the two connections on the bottom of the dome to see if they are seated properly. Of course, if you live here in California, you have until sometime in late October to do that.
Just sharin'
Jeff