GPS. 42DS E80

[Kai Rani]

I lost GPS on Kai Rani and could not see why I suddenly lost GPS. The E80 Raymarine screen also flickered a little as well. I thought the system needed to be replaced. God forbid that’s expensive. On further investigation I found that the GPS receiver ray star 150 has a battery installed Internally so I remove the gps unit and pulled
It apart to find the battery 2032 I removed it checked
The voltage meant to be 3 volts but only got less than one volt
Replaced the battery with a new lithium 2032 smeared a little vasaline onto the o ring to help seal and reassembled and reseated to the deck fired up the chart plotter(E80) and it worked and the screen is now more stable
It’s nice to have the GPS back and reliable again
Jeremy Clarke
SV Kai Rani

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[Mistroma]

Pretty common fault and easy to fix. I'm on my 3rd battery since 2009.

Also had the seal around the main control degrade. Display wouldn't turn on and I assumed water ingress.

Managed to dismantle and use neutral cure Silicone sealant to replace it. Basically just forming it into a flexible gasket.

Fine ever since.