Should be a 50 amp switch breaker for the windlass power and a 5 amp controll 
breaker or fuse.  You need power to the windlass solenoid and power to the 
controller.

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From: Danny Haughey via CnC-List <[email protected]> 
Date: 08-29-2016  12:26 PM  (GMT-08:00) 
To: [email protected] 
Cc: Danny Haughey <[email protected]> 
Subject: Stus-List Windlass woahs 

Hello again all!

Another beautiful weekend on  buzzards Bay!  Not as much wind but, still 
got out and about!!

Anyway, I'm having issues with my windlass.  It just doesn't work...

We have not even tried using it this year.  Given the boat being new, we 
decided that we could live without it for the time being and use 
moorings.  We want to get it going now.

I got the meter out.  I have power to the breaker, I have power to the 
dual direction solenoid, I have power to the switches.  I even jumped 
the switches and the thing did not power.  It did power up during survey.

While looking around I noticed that the cable lugs bolted to the 
solenoid were not covered and the negative lead was resting on the hot 
lug.  I'm guessing this shorted the solenoid.  However the replacement 
is $150 and I don't want to spend it just to find out that it didn't fix 
it...

Does anyone have any opinions or insights?

Thanks!


-- 
Danny
T40
Rum Runner IV
Mattapoisett, MA


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