Raymarine A65 - Fuel Manager Overview

17.1Fuelmanageroverview
Thefuelmanagerprovidesanestimateoffuelremaining,andthe
distanceandtimewhichcanbetravelledbeforethetanksare
empty.Inordertocalculatethesevalues,youmustcongurethe
totalcapacityoffuelavailabletotheenginesandlogeachtimeyou
addfuel.Thefuelmanageralsoallowsyoutosetalowfuelwarning
alarmwhichissoundedwhenthevessel'sestimatedfuelfallsbelow
aspeciedvalue.
Thefuelmanagerpageprovidescurrentcalculationestimatesand
controlstoenableuseofthefuelmanagerfeature.
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ItemOptionDescription
1Back
BacktoSystemSet-upmenu—
NeweSeriesonly(ForNewcSeries
usetheBackbutton).
2
Estimatedfuelremaining
(%)
Graphicalrepresentationof
percentageoffuelremaininginthe
fueltank(s).
3
AlltanksfullResetsfuelremainingtofulltank
capacity.
4
TurnOn/OffTurnfuelmanagerOnorOff.
5
Close
BacktoHomescreen—Newe
Seriesonly(ForNewcSeriesuse
theHomebutton).
6
Estimatedfuelremaining
(vol)
Volumeoffuelremaininginthefuel
tank(s).
7
Reset(Fuelusedthis
season.)
Resetthefuelusedthisseasonto
zero.
8
Reset(Fuelusedthistrip.)Resetthefuelusedthistriptozero.
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AddpartialllSpecifyllamountbyvolume
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Set-upSpecifysettingsforfuelmanager.
Inordertousethefuelmanageryoumust:
•Connectacompatibleengineinterfacetoeachengineyouwishto
monitor(toprovidefuelowratedatatothenetwork).
•Enterthetotalfuelcapacityofthevessel’sfueltanks.
•Turnonthefuelmanagerfeature.
•Fillthefueltankstofull.
•Select‘Alltanksfull’.
•Logeachsubsequentfuelllwhetherpartialorfull.
Note:
Fuelmanagerestimatestheamountoffuelonboard,basedon
theuserloggingeachtimeyoullup,thetotalfuelcapacity,and
howmuchfuelisburnedbytheengine(s).Anyincorrectentry
coulddramaticallyaffecttheestimatedfuelusageandcapacity
whichcouldresultinashortageoffuel.Thissystemisnota
substituteforothertypesoffuelcalculations.
Totalfuelonboardisanestimateandwillbeinaccurateiffuellls
arenotentered,orfuelisusedbyothersources(e.g.generators
etc.).Estimateddistanceandtimetoemptywillbebasedonthe
fuelremainingcalculationandvaluesdonotincludeweather/tide
effects.
Youshouldnotrelyonthefuelmanagercalculationsforaccurate
voyageplanningorinemergencyandsafetycriticalsituations.
Enablinganddisablingfuelmanager
Toturnthefuelmanageronandofffollowthestepsbelow.
Fromthehomescreen.
1.SelectSet-up.
2.SelectFuelManager.
3.SelectTurnOn,orTurnOff.
IfthefuelmanageriscurrentlyOff,TurnOnisdisplayed.Ifthe
fuelmanageriscurrentlyOn,TurnOffisdisplayed.
Settingupfuelmanager
Tosetuptherequiredsettingsforthefuelmanagerfollowthesteps
below.
WiththeFuelManagerpagedisplayed:
1.SelectSet-up.
2.SelectTotalFuelCapacity.
3.Adjustthevaluetorepresentyourvessel’stotalfuelcapacity.
4.SelectBack.
5.SelectEconomyUnits.
Alistofavailableoptionsisdisplayed:
•DistanceperVolume
•VolumeperDistance
•Litresper100km
6.Selecttherequiredeconomyunits.
7.SelectBacktogobacktotheFuelManagerpage.
Fuellogging
Youmustensureallfuelllsarerecordedusingthefuelmanager.
Fromthefuelmanagerpage:
1.WhenllingthetanksuntilfullselectAlltanksfull.
Theestimatedfuelremainingisresettothevalueofyourfuel
tankscapacity.
2.Whenonlypartiallyllingthetankmakeanoteofthevolumeof
fueladdedtothetankandthenselectAddpartialll.
3.Enterthevaluenotedearlierthiswillbeaddedtoyourcurrent
fuelremaininggure.
Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouperforman‘Alltanksfull’ll
upasregularlyaspossibleaspartialllswillcauseahigher
cumulativeinaccuracyintheprovidedcalculations.
Settingthelowfuelalarm
Usingthefuelmanageralsoallowsyoutosetalowfuelalarm
which,ifactivated,issoundedwhenyourvessel’sremainingfuel
fallstoaspeciedvalue.
Withthefuelmanagerturnedonandsetupcorrectly:
1.FromthehomescreenselectSet-Up.
2.SelectAlarms.
3.SelectFuelmanager.
Thelowfuelalarmsettingsaredisplayed.
4.SelectLowFuelsothatOnishighlighted.
SelectingLowFuelwillturnthelowfuelalarmOnorOff.
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