Anchor winch wireless remote

Yes i fitted similar remotes to my Quick windlass. Electronics are not exactly my strong point but i found the installation very easy and was amazed when it worked. In use there is a small delay between pressing the button and the windlass responding. Nothing to worry about. Its so cheap i smile each time i use it. Thanks Alan
 
+1.
The weatherproofing of the H/H control is non-existent, I keep mine in a plasic bag.
It uses an unusual, (to me), small 12 volt battery which runs down if you forget to switch off. Best to keep one or two spares.
 
earlybird said:
+1.
The weatherproofing of the H/H control is non-existent, I keep mine in a plasic bag.
It uses an unusual, (to me), small 12 volt battery which runs down if you forget to switch off. Best to keep one or two spares.
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I've just been looking at these.
The one in the OP's link - from Winch It - claim to be sealed.
You can get what looks like the same thing at half the price http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120949628467?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 (with a helpful warning label about switching off!)
 
Troubadour said:
I've just been looking at these.
The one in the OP's link - from Winch It - claim to be sealed.
You can get what looks like the same thing at half the price http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120949628467?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 (with a helpful warning label about switching off!)
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I think they're all the same basic unit, with a selection of wireless frequencies.
The lettering is just a stick-on printed label. I'd go for the cheapest offer.
The rubber buttons are, (sort-of) sealed, but the clip-on battery cover at the rear opens up to show the PCB.
BTW, battery is a 23A.
 
I fitted the same one but with two different remotes. They are excellent and very easy to wire. Just don't press up within one second of pressing down as that trips our windlass breaker.

Whilst I can drop from the helm raising requires he chain to be moved from beneath the windlass due to the chain locker being too shallow.
 
I fitted one which failed after about 3 months. The replacement is waiting to be fitted. As previously mentioned there is a delay of about 0.5 sec after you take your finger off the button before it stops, and the remotes are not weatherproof. On the plus side it operates over a good range and through closed hatches.
 
I too have one of these connected to a Quick windlass but I find the lag between button release and motor stop unacceptably long - long enough for the difference between a finger nip and a lot of blood. I only have it as a back-up to a wired remote whose connector ain't as watertight as I would like and has a history of corrosion but responds instantly when it works.
My other complaint is that it works on the positive side of the relay - my preference is to switch the negative.
 
earlybird said:
It uses an unusual, (to me), small 12 volt battery which runs down if you forget to switch off. Best to keep one or two spares.
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That's clueless design. A penny cell should be all that's required to operate the transmitter and it should last for 1000's of presses and years of sitting doing nothing. It's doing nothing more than a car remote can do.
 
I've had one on my boat for 3.5 years.

Remember that the receiver draws power all the time, so in addition to your main power circuit breaker, you should make sure that you have a facility to isolate the receiver when you're not using it. My windlass is powered from a dedicated battery, so I used a relay (energised from the domestic batt.) to enable the receiver (energised from the dedicated batt.). That way when I isolate at the main breakers I'm also isolating the windlass battery, and I have a switch at the nav station to turn the receiver on/off
 
awol said:
I too have one of these connected to a Quick windlass but I find the lag between button release and motor stop unacceptably long - long enough for the difference between a finger nip and a lot of blood.
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My other complaint is that it works on the positive side of the relay - my preference is to switch the negative.
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AngusMcDoon said:
That's clueless design. A penny cell should be all that's required to operate the transmitter and it should last for 1000's of presses and years of sitting doing nothing. It's doing nothing more than a car remote can do.
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I agree with the complaints about the delay and the battery switch (I don't care either way about the relay switching). There is a different design of remote commonly found on eBay, for a similar price, which addresses all three of these issues. It's not sold as specifically for winches, which is perhaps why people have tended to come up with the less satisfactory version instead.

Pete
 
prv said:
I agree with the complaints about the delay and the battery switch (I don't care either way about the relay switching). There is a different design of remote commonly found on eBay, for a similar price, which addresses all three of these issues. It's not sold as specifically for winches, which is perhaps why people have tended to come up with the less satisfactory version instead.

Do you have a link to the one you refer to?
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typhoonNige said:
Do you have a link to the one you refer to?
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This isn't the exact one I ordered, but it looks much the same: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC12V-2CH...431?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f0c63d36f

Mine has "In" and "Out" on the buttons rather than A and B.

The receiver has two relays on it, you just wire them in parallel with the existing switches. The transmitter only uses power when transmitting (no need for a separate on/off switch) and the action of the relays is instantaneous. The receiver will consume a small amount of power all the time; I plan to wire it with a switch in the cockpit (that will also disable the wired buttons) to be turned on only when the windlass is needed.

Pete
 
I fitted an eBay wireless remote to our winch about four years ago. The control is a small box with the receiver in it which controls the original relay control box, so there is no greater delay in the winch than was there when I used a wired control. Some of the eBay offerings include a relay box: I'd not bother using it, stick to the original relay box, as it is likely to be of higher quality than the eBay offering and more responsive.
Our anchor winch is live to the relay box at all time, the switch on the panel only turns off current to the controls, either wired switches or wireless remote. I really must get round to fitting a heavy duty switch into the circuit....
 
I fitted the e-Bay model some years ago and it has worked well. Yes, a slight delay in stopping but can be anticipated and stopped before hard up against bow roller - the last few centimetres can be adjusted by hand.

I bought a spare 12V A23 battery for the remote in my local chandler - I was surprised to see it stocked - in case I ever forgot to switch off, but not yet needed. I also keep both remote and spare battery in a waterproof bag below.

When laying up and to avoid the tiny current drain of the receiver over the winter layup period when there is no battery charging, I lift the positive terminal from the AGM winch battery in its box under the forecabin berth to which it is connected - a simple and quick action among all the other check-list 'things-to-do' before leaving.
 
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