patzfan4eva
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Has anyone wired a two lead windlass for in and out? I need help designing the wiring diagram to accomplish this goal.
Thanks!
David
Thanks!
David
Hey David,By two lead you mean when you change polarity you change direction? DC drive motors on an electric forklift change direction but they use 2 wires for the armature and two for the fields.Has anyone wired a two lead windlass for in and out? I need help designing the wiring diagram to accomplish this goal.
Thanks!
David
You might do better with this:Search Results at West Marine
Here is what West Marine shows, I'm pretty good an electric but wiring this may be above my exp level. Once I verify the leads on the windlass (old) I can speak to it better. Has any TT owner done this before, expecting them to have a similar windlass like mine. I'll post pics and more info over the weekend!
Has anyone wired a two lead windlass for in and out? I need help designing the wiring diagram to accomplish this goal.
Thanks!
David
If your windlass is designed and built for "up" only operation, simply reversing the wires isn't going to turn it into a two way windlass.Thanks, good information. Need to identify the motor and wiring first then I can build this thing!
Mike,
Your windlass looks just like mine, same barrel and case. Is it a DC motor or is there a third lead for directional control?
Thanks for the thread.
Aswas just posted in another windlass thread and earlier in this one...if the winlass WASN'T designed to be reversing, mamage may occur if you do. Many are...but some aren't I guess.
Good point. Before you start make sure both poles on the DC motor are isolated from the case. The windlass case is supposed to be grounded and if the negative pole is not isolated from the case and you send positive to it you will make a dead short. If both poles are isolated from the case you will probably be OK.
I'm not sure what post you're responding to, but a windlass that runs "both ways" does so by reversing the polarity to the motor. In the case of my Lewmar, if one power lead was connected to the windlass housing, it would be negative in one mode (up or down) and positive in the other.On my motor, the case is the negative point.