4 low fuel alarm 10-5 boat speed sensors, 4 low fuel alarm, 5-1 selecting a boat speed sensor – Navman 5505 User Manual

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TRACKER 5505/5505i/5605 Installation and Operation Manual

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NAVMAN

To set a low fuel alarm for a tank:
1 Press

one or more times to display

the Setup menu, select

Fuel then select

Setup tanks.

2 On a multi-tank boat, select the tank to set

the alarm for.

3 Select

Fuel alarm and enter a fuel level

to trigger the low fuel alarm; or enter zero
to disable the alarm.

10-4 Low fuel alarm

When a low fuel alarm is set, the alarm’s fuel
level is shown on the fuel display tank levels as
a red bar. The alarm can also be set using the
Alarms setup menu (see section 14-7)

10-5-1 Selecting a boat speed sensor

The fuel calculations can use boat speeds from
the GPS, or from a paddlewheel sensor or pitot
sensor if these optional sensors are installed:

Paddlewheel and pitot sensors measure

the speed through the water; GPS speed is
speed over ground; these sensors can give
different values for Range, Economy and
the fuel consumption curves (see section
10-5-2).

A pitot sensor is more accurate than a

paddlewheel sensor at high speeds but is
not accurate at low speeds. A paddlewheel
sensor is more accurate than a pitot sensor
at low speeds.

10-5 Boat speed sensors

To select an optional speed sensor
1 Press

one or more times to display

the Setup menu, select

Fuel and select

Speed source.

2 To use a paddlewheel or pitot sensor, select

Water speed, otherwise select Ground

speed to use GPS speed.

3 If you selected Water speed and you have

both a paddlewheel sensor and a pitot
sensor:

i Press

, select

Smartcraft and

select

Speed type

ii Select

Paddlewheel or Pitot.

Tip: You can select a different speed sensor
during a trip.

Note: If you follow procedure B every time you
add fuel, then a small error will accumulate,
because it is hard to measure exactly how
much fuel you add. To avoid this, completely fill
the tank and follow procedure A about every
tenth time you add fuel.
C When you remove fuel
1. Before removing fuel, go to the Fuel

display, press

and select

Set

remaining.

2. On a multi-tank boat, select the tank that

you are removing fuel from.

3. Write down the value of Remaining for the

tank; this is the amount of fuel originally in
the tank.

4. Remove fuel from the tank and write down

how much fuel you remove.

5. Subtract the amount of fuel you removed

from the amount of fuel originally in the
tank to calculate the amount of fuel now in
the tank.

6. Change the number on the Set Remaining

menu to the amount of fuel that you
calculated was now in the tank.

7. Press
Note: You can also use this procedure when
you add fuel to a tank. In this case, add the fuel
you have added to the amount of fuel originally
in the tank to calculate the amount of fuel now
in the tank.

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