Nope — it’s FOUR wires: two drive wires, and two clutch wires. The drive wires
are the high-load ones, and go to the pump motor; reversing the polarity on
them runs the pump in the other direction. The clutch wires can be small
(12-14AWG) and engage/disengage the drive when you put the pilot
Fred, you there?
Should be 3 wires - port starboard, neutral (I think)
I have the EV 200 on my Hylas 44. Great unit, but Jake steers a better
course downwind in quartering seas!
Joel
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Listers,
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>
Listers,
This weekend, hopefully, I’m planning to connect my old Octopus Linear Drive to
a brand new Raymarine EV200 Autopilot. Is anyone familiar with the Octopus
drive and its wiring, or have a link to a wiring manual? Is it just two wires
or is there more to it?
By the way, we’ll be
Pete,
The PO of the Enterprise put in an Octopus drive as part of a Robertson
Autopilot system. The Octopus was alway quiet and ran perfectly (and I assume
it still does - the Robertson "brain" started having problems).
A few months ago, through lister Fred Street, I purchased a Raymarine EV2
Behalf Of Pete
Shelquist via CnC-List
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2016 11:40 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Pete Shelquist <pete.shelqu...@comcast.net>
Subject: Stus-List Octopus linear drive
All -
I need to replace my autopilot ram and am considering the Octopus 1212LAR12.
All -
I need to replace my autopilot ram and am considering the Octopus 1212LAR12.
Anyone have installation or use experience with the brand? At a recent boat
show the only input I had was from competitors that stated the units are loud.
Also, I made a quick search in my saved emails
