Operation
REFLECTA/1
Page B3
Mounting & Operations Manual
Maintenance: The turning joints of both sight-vanes and of the black mirror as well as the centre hole should be
oiled from time to time. Clean and tighten the wire of the wire sight-vane. The azimuth device should be easy to
rotate on the centre pivot and should not clatter when turned.
Shadow Pin
A shadow pin is stowed in the wooden box of the azimuth device. This can be inserted into the drilling of the
centre pivot. Now the sun´s shade can easily be recognized on the white compass card. The shadow direction
makes it possible to calculate the compass deviation and to adjust the compass.
Shadow pin
Centre pivot
Removing the Compass out of the Binnacle
After removing the hood the compass and its suspensions fore and aft will be visible. These are covered by
safety plates to fix the compass in its position. Loosen the screws of the safety plates and remove the compass.
If a detector is fitted watch the cables! Unfit the detector cables either by removing the connector or by
unscrewing the wires in a junction box. The junction box is found in the upper part of the binnacle column,
behind the lower cover of the binnacle (see drawing: Compass Binnacle, Outline) or inside the wheelhouse at
the place where the detector cable comes in.
When reinstalling the compass make sure that the detector cable does not obscure the reflection channel.
Furthermore the cable should not be in direct neighborhood to the illumination bulbs because the heat may
destroy the insulation.
The compass is marked by an ahead label. The zero marking of the divided verge ring shows to aft.
Ahead marking of compass
Unscrew safety plate to remove the
compass
Flinder´s bar
Spare Compass
Store spare compass upside down to reduce friction of the pivot.
Maintenance of Compass and Compass Binnacle
Refer to chapter “Maintenance, Errors, and Repair“
Alterations / Errors reserved
Cassens & Plath GmbH, Kompasshaus, Am Lunedeich 131, 27572 Bremerhaven, Germany, tel. +49 471 4839990, fax +49 471 48399910
www.cassens-plath.de
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