Hot wire the motor to check if you have worn brushes. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Aug 29, 2016 3:29 PM, "Danny Haughey via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! >
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