Autohelm 4000 mystery
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 6:34 pm
I have an autohelm 4000 that came with the boat. It has worked fine since I launched the boat in April. The other day it started turning the wrong way - if it needs to turn to port it will turn stbd and vice versa. I read in the manual that when you first install the autopilot you have to reverse the leads if it turns the wrong way. So I reversed the leads and now everything works fine. But why did it change to begin with? I never touched the leads and it worked fine up to that point. The compass works fine and there is no way to reverse the motor electronically through the setup menu.
Michael Belanich s/v Dolcetto, F38
Michael Belanich s/v Dolcetto, F38