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Flowtrecs Mini

MULTIFUNCTIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION METER

USER'S MANUAL

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1.Table of contents:

1.Operation description.....................................................................3
2.LCD screen view............................................................................4
3.LCD screen description.................................................................5
4.Tachometer..................................................................................6-7
5.Motohours meter (MTH)...............................................................8
6.Clock........................................................................................9-10
7.Fuel economy indicator................................................................11
8.Fuel amount.................................................................................12
9.Fuel consumption........................................................................12
10.Speed.........................................................................................13
11.Battery voltage...........................................................................14
12.Screen illumination....................................................................15

13.Off switch..................................................................................15

14.Automatic switch on..................................................................15
15.Installation recommendations...............................................16-17
16.Connecting to electricity............................................................18

20.Connecting to fuel line...............................................................22
21.Technical Specifications.............................................................23

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17. Settings of units........................................................................20
18. Settings everaging time (Flow).................................................20

19. Additional functions..................................................................21

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Summary of Contents for Mini

Page 1: ... Clock 9 10 7 Fuel economy indicator 11 8 Fuel amount 12 9 Fuel consumption 12 10 Speed 13 11 Battery voltage 14 12 Screen illumination 15 13 Off switch 15 14 Automatic switch on 15 15 Installation recommendations 16 17 16 Connecting to electricity 18 20 Connecting to fuel line 22 21 Technical Specifications 23 2 No pages 17 Settings of units 20 18 Settings everaging time Flow 20 19 Additional fun...

Page 2: ...ow that e g by cutting the speed by 5 km h or by lifting the engine up they can travel 20 km instead of 15 km on the same amount of fuel The change of fuel consumption in relation to speed in non linear and it s hard to optimize it without objective data The only effective solution in this case is the measurement of a real fuel consumption and the boat s speed as well as calculating the economy ra...

Page 3: ...direct connection of the green wire to pulses in carbureted engine the input circuit of pulse measurement will be permanently damaged For injection engines the green measuring wire can be directly connected to the shifter If tacho pulses are not available in shifter an additional sensor of RPM should be used in the form of hallotron placed near the flywheel After correct connection of the measurin...

Page 4: ...visible on the top screen If it isn t we must press both buttons simultaneously a few times until it pops up on the screen Motohours indicate the total time of engine s operation with the minimum fuel consumption of more than 0 5l h It means motohours are not calculated if fuel consumption was smaller than that for example if the engine was off but left with ignition on Motohour screen view MTH 8 ...

Page 5: ...signal is unavailable minutes must be set in the same way as hours 7 FUEL ECONOMY INDICATOR This indicator is visible on the left screen when the icon km l is displayed The indicator provides essential information from the fuel consumption point of view determining the efficiency of the boat operation On the basis of data from the fuel consumption measured byfuel sensor as well as the boat s speed...

Page 6: ...unt of fuel is visible that is the fuel which was left in the tank from the previous fuelling added up to the currently added fuel If we want to clear the reading of fuel in the tank then while inserting the fuel amount we must hold both buttons together for a few seconds Button L 9 FUEL CONSUMPTION Fuel consumption is displayed on the left screen when the icon l h is visible on the bottom of the ...

Page 7: ...ght screen into OFF mode The third one by automatic switch off The first method has a disadvatage which is loosing the start data of GPS and a long restart of GPS system lasting up to a few minutes In case of switching off with right button or automatic switch off this problem won t take place and the start up is much shorter In order to perform switching off with the button first we must press th...

Page 8: ...be left disconnected The other end of the extension cable to sensor we connect to the fuel sensor and this connection must be secured against water impact At the end we connect device s earth ground black wire to the negative voltage pole from the battery and the red voltage wire to positive voltage pole 12VDC Flow sensor should be installed in fuel line between the engine and the fuel tank as ind...

Page 9: ...2 White sensor power supply 3 3V max 100mA 3 Yellow sensor pulses input max 16V 4 Red power supply 8 16VDC 5 Green RPM pulse input max 16V 12VDC Ground Jack 3 5mm Jack 3 5mm 18 Red Red Black Black Carbureter engine option yellow yellow white white black black Note Sensors should be protected against strong light because they have an optical measuring system which under the influence of external li...

Page 10: ...Instrument height IP64 62mm 17mm IP64 62mm 17mm IP64 62mm 17mm 23 20 CONNECTING FUEL LINE correct fuel filter primer bulb placement wrong flow sensor fuel tank Attention primer bulb must not be installed on the motor side It should be installed between the sensor and the fuel tank as shown in the picture When connecting the fuel lines See arrow on the case 22 Note Fuel sensors should be protected ...

Page 11: ... If new settings are still unsatisfactory you can try to set another value again 21 20 These functions allow viewing of several recorded data such as These amounts are recorded in real time in the counters memory and are available until clearing the counters Since the reset the counting of the parameters begins again Resetting the counters is password protected to hinder the possibility of erasure...

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