Raytheon Standard 22 Compact Operator's Manual page 42

Gyro compass
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-- Switch off the compass and wait approx. 15 minutes (otherwise the gyrosphere can
be damaged).
-- Open the door of the compass housing, paying attention to the earthing strip.
-- Place both hands under 2 of the 4 snap closures and release them by pressing with
the thumbs.
-- Remove all connections/cables that lead to the outer sphere and note their location.
-- Carefully turn the outer sphere through 90 and repeat the process with the other two
snap closures. The outer sphere is now free and can be removed.
-- Still holding the outer sphere with both hands, lower it slightly (this releases the
locking device), carefully remove it from the compass enclosure and set it down.
-- Open the ventilation outlet (Figure 15 /1), the supporting liquid screw (Figure 15 /3)
and the distilled water screw ( Figure 15 /2).
-- Fill in distilled water (only distilled water from Raytheon Anschütz,
part number 148--398, one 230cm
supporting liquid until the measuring cone shows "Level O.K.", see Figure 16 .
-- Fill in the remaining content of the bottle into the inlet for distilled water until the
Dip--Stick shows a level according to Figure 17 .
-- Close all in-- and outlets, if applicable use new sealing rings.
-- Place the outer sphere in the compass enclosure.
-- Hold the outer sphere with both hands and guide it under the snap closures on the
pendulum joint.
-- Using the thumbs, press down and engage the two snap closures.
-- Carefully turn the outer sphere through 90 and repeat the process with the other two
snap closures. The outer sphere is now fastened to the pendulum joint.
-- Fix all connections/cables that lead to the outer sphere as notes before.
-- Close the door of the enclosure and fasten it with screws, paying attention to the
earthing strip.
-- When the power supply is switched on, the compass is ready for use again.
Run the heating and settling in stages as described in section 2.1.
4201.DOC010102
Operator Manual
Compass Standard 22
Standard 22 Compact
Caution!
Due to condition "4", we advice to arrange a service for a
routine check during the next port stay to be on safe side.
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Pay attention to the two locking pins on the
closure.
and
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bottle) into the inlet for
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Edition: February 2015

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