Dougcole
Guru
Hey All,
I'm having an issue with my Lewmar ocean windlass, as it is not responding to any of the switches.
Here is the set up:
Two foot switches on deck at the windlass.
A "Windlass Control On" rocker at the lower helm with a 3 way momentary up/down switch next to it.
A "Windlass Control On" rocker at the upper helm with a three way momentary up/down switch next to it.
A 90 amp circuit breaker in the engine room.
Solenoid under FWD bunk, with a buss bar next to it. Wires run from (presumably) each of the switches to this buss bar. Wires (orange, yellow, purple) then run from the buss bar to the three blade terminals on the front of the solenoid. A small fused wire runs from terminal 1 on the solenoid to the buss bar. I verified that the fuse is intact and that there is power to the buss bar.
I called Lewmar tech support and they walked me through some troubleshooting and concluded it was a bad contactor (solenoid). I ordered a replacement solenoid and swapped it out, labeling each cable and taking pics with my phone.
Nothing.
I used my multimeter to confirm that there is power coming to the solenoid (cable 1 in the pic below).
I took off cable 2 and carefully touched it to cable 1, which caused the windlass to turn.
Verified that all connections are good.
Both "windlass control" switches are on.
Pics are in this link Solenoid 2 - Album on Imgur.
Thanks in advance.
I'm having an issue with my Lewmar ocean windlass, as it is not responding to any of the switches.
Here is the set up:
Two foot switches on deck at the windlass.
A "Windlass Control On" rocker at the lower helm with a 3 way momentary up/down switch next to it.
A "Windlass Control On" rocker at the upper helm with a three way momentary up/down switch next to it.
A 90 amp circuit breaker in the engine room.
Solenoid under FWD bunk, with a buss bar next to it. Wires run from (presumably) each of the switches to this buss bar. Wires (orange, yellow, purple) then run from the buss bar to the three blade terminals on the front of the solenoid. A small fused wire runs from terminal 1 on the solenoid to the buss bar. I verified that the fuse is intact and that there is power to the buss bar.
I called Lewmar tech support and they walked me through some troubleshooting and concluded it was a bad contactor (solenoid). I ordered a replacement solenoid and swapped it out, labeling each cable and taking pics with my phone.
Nothing.
I used my multimeter to confirm that there is power coming to the solenoid (cable 1 in the pic below).
I took off cable 2 and carefully touched it to cable 1, which caused the windlass to turn.
Verified that all connections are good.
Both "windlass control" switches are on.
Pics are in this link Solenoid 2 - Album on Imgur.
Thanks in advance.
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