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- Page 1 Spherical Magnetic Steering Compass DELTA-PILOT Installation & Operation Manual Cassens & Plath GmbH Manufacturers of Nautical Equipment Am Lunedeich 131 D-27572 Bremerhaven, Germany Tel. +49 471 4839990 Fax. +49 471 48399910 sales@cassens-plath.de www.cassens-plath.de...
- Page 2 B+C turning correctors already mounted if not detector is intended. Location of Compass In case DELTA-PILOT will be used for steering purposes it should be installed in ahead direction of the helmsman at a distance of not more than 1,5 m to allow easy and convenient reading.
- Page 3 DELTA-PILOT Page 3 Furthermore navigational instruments may cause deflection of the compass, so a loudspeaker should be at least 70 cm away from the compass, same with electro motors to drive the window wipers or echo sounders. These moving fields will cause compass deflections which are never adjustable because the interference depend thereon if the instruments is switched on or off.
- Page 4 Use the cable clamp inside the binnacle to fix the cable against pull. Between detector and clamp the cable should be laid spiral to allow move of the gimbaled compass bowl. Delta-Pilot with B (right hand) and C (below) magazine correctors. Adjusting the Compass A reliable adjustment is necessary for safe navigation if magnetic materials are the neighbourhood of the compass.
- Page 5 DELTA-PILOT Page 5 The compass adjustment should be carried out by an experienced compass adjuster! Please be be aware to carry out a reliable adjustment because this makes your navigation safe. Steering by use of a non adjusted compass may because grounding...
- Page 6 DELTA-PILOT Page 6 Illumination The white illumination element is visible at the glass dome of the compass. It is fixed by a bracket to the glass dome. For replacement remove the white element and replace by a new one. The bulb is of glow type which means the wires of the cable can be connected to the battery free of polarity.
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