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[Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Efector Anchor Chain Counter Sensor
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Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...>
Andrew, When our sensor failed it would report all sorts of false readings and with the anchor up and secured, it would start counting up or down. The anchor counter operates with 12 volts supplied by one of the three 24v to 12v SAILOR converters below the nav table, inside the right hand door. I believe it is the same converter that supplies 12V to the cigarette lighter. This is the converter market "PERMANENT." There is an ON/OFF toggle switch and extra fuses on the converter. If you plug something with too many amps into the cigarette lighter, or the 12VDC socket at the nav station, you will blow a fuse. I would check that first if you have recently used this 12VDC power for somethng. If not, read the following: The anchor chain system can be powered off by pressing the reset button for 7 seconds. The Reset button functions are:
It is possible to accidentally turn it OFF when trying to reset the counter to zero. I hope this helps you. Bill BeBe 387
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:12 AM, andrew.lamb@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Andrew & Kate Lamb
Bill
Many thanks indeed – much appreciated – I am glad that I asked the forum before guddling about with the wiring - I do hope it is simply me being an idiot and not reading the manual or a blown fuse. I will find out in 3 weeks when I am next back at the boat!
thanks
Andrew Ronpische SM2k 472 Canet en Roussillion, France
From: amelyachtowners@... [mailto:amelyachtowners@...]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:54 AM To: amelyachtowners@... Subject: Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: Efector Anchor Chain Counter Sensor
Andrew,
When our sensor failed it would report all sorts of false readings and with the anchor up and secured, it would start counting up or down.
The anchor counter operates with 12 volts supplied by one of the three 24v to 12v SAILOR converters below the nav table, inside the right hand door. I believe it is the same converter that supplies 12V to the cigarette lighter. This is the converter market "PERMANENT." There is an ON/OFF toggle switch and extra fuses on the converter. If you plug something with too many amps into the cigarette lighter, or the 12VDC socket at the nav station, you will blow a fuse.
I would check that first if you have recently used this 12VDC power for somethng.
If not, read the following:
The anchor chain system can be powered off by pressing the reset button for 7 seconds.
The Reset button functions are:
It is possible to accidentally turn it OFF when trying to reset the counter to zero.
I hope this helps you.
Bill BeBe 387
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:12 AM, andrew.lamb@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Keith Tice
My chain counter recently stopped counting.
Before it stopped it was counting when we weren't looking and not counting when the anchor was moving. I found that the Efector IB5076 induction sensor is no longer produced, but that the IB5096 is available. The only difference in the data sheet is that the signal NPN for IB5076 is PNP for IB5096. https://www.ifm.com/ch/en/product/IB5076 https://www.ifm.com/ch/en/product/IB5096 Should this be a plug compatible replacement? I mean, one is on a lot and turns off and the other is off a lot and turns on. It is pulsing and the counter should just be counting pulses. What is the opinion here? Keith Bikini SM 282
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I have the same one I get it 2 years ago and it works well. HEINZ Sm 2000, 292
Am 09.11.2019 um 03:09 schrieb Keith Tice <amel@...>:
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Thomas Peacock
I also replaced the sensor. I was concerned that I would have to install another relay to invert the signal, but that was not necessary. The replacement unit works well.
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Tom Peacock SM Aletes #240 Martinique
On Nov 8, 2019, at 11:53 AM, "heinz@..." <heinz@...> wrote:
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Keith Tice
Hi Tom,
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I finally got the replacement sensor installed, but I am at the same place as you were on 26.April 2019. The display in the cockpit lights up, but stays at Zero. You described having the same difficulty, then later (23.May) you wrote that it works and was a bad sensor near the windlass. Between April 26 and May 23, what did you find was the problem. The LED lights as the winch rotates… :-) Now I re-check specifications…. I installed IFM5096 Normally Closed, PNP … IFM5072 is Normally Closed, NPN… IFM5076 is Normally Open, NPN PNP sensors are sometimes called “sourcing sensors” because they source positive power to the output. NPN sensors are sometime called “sinking sensors” because they sink ground to the output. I found I can order the IFM5072, depending on your answer, this is my next step… Thanks, Keith Bikini SM 282
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Thomas Peacock
Hi Keith, Boy, stretching my memory banks. The normally on/off disparity of the sensor relay did not seem to make a difference. I had actually bought another relay to add that would have reversed the signal, but did not need it. I do remember that, after putting the new sensor on, I also experienced some trouble getting the counter to work. I finally started waving a steel box cutter or some other steel device back and forth just a millimeter or so from the sensor, and that seemed to work, thus showing integrity of the system. I think I just tweaked the distance then, and it worked. The sensor is just a proximity device, the button on the windlass is not magnetic. I believe its activating distance is 20 mm or less. It will not sense at the distance of the drum, which is about 30 mm. You can also try testing the voltage coming from the sensor as you operate the windlass, it should spike with each turn. Make sure the three sensor wires are correct. Also, double-check that you’re getting 12 volts from the Sailor to the counter system. Make sure that the three wires are hooked up from the grey box and go to the windlass control device in the cockpit, which is 24 volts. One is ground, one is always hot (if breaker is on), and one is only hot when the windlass joystick is activated. Also, remember that you must have the joystick engaged for the counter to work, just waving steel by the sensor won’t work. Let me know if you have success Tom Peacock Aletes SM #240 St George, Grenada
On Mar 8, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Keith Tice <amel@...> wrote:
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Keith Tice
Hi Heinz,
Do you remember if you bought the IB5072 or IB5096. The difference is NPN vs PNP … Thomas Peacock installed the IB5072 and it worked out of the box… But I installed the IB5096... If you installed the IB5072, then I will replace my IB5096 with an IB5072. I found the following information, but that does not mean it applies to this circuit.
Thanks, Keith Bikini SM 282
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