davez
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The Lewmar windlass in my 2016 R31 has quit working. At the connections on the contactor for the two heavy gauge wires to the windlass, I checked that the Up/Down switches alternated between providing 12V and ground at each connection (depending on whether Up or Down was pressed), and they all worked. So all the controlling components seem to work.
That left the windlass itself or the heavy guage wires to it as the potential problem. I disconnected those wires from the contactor and connected them across a 12V utility battery, and nothing. I would be surprised if those wires had a break, but do they have connections inside the windlass that can be disconnected to test? Or do they run right into the motor?
Do the motors often fail?
That left the windlass itself or the heavy guage wires to it as the potential problem. I disconnected those wires from the contactor and connected them across a 12V utility battery, and nothing. I would be surprised if those wires had a break, but do they have connections inside the windlass that can be disconnected to test? Or do they run right into the motor?
Do the motors often fail?