Exalto wiper motor

BruceK said:
the manual for that with wiring instruction:

Exalto wiper motor / wissermotor - PDF Gratis download
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Same as came with the motor. I think the problem arose as I wasn’t able to use both slow and fast wipe wires. I chose to connect the slow wipe and leave the fast wipe disconnected, result blown fuses. Connecting the fast wipe and leaving the slow wipe disconnected works ok, although I can’t see why. Perhaps it would be good to include instructions for connecting the motor to a single speed switch in the manual.
 
Jamie Dundee said:
I got the second motor wired in this afternoon. Both work but well out of sync and still the odd blown fuse. I think I’m going to have to fit this controller to get things working right.

Deepest joy ?
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That's a lot of money to pay just to make the wipers move in sync. Regarding the fuse blowing, what fuse rating was there originally and what do you have now?
 
Plum said:
That's a lot of money to pay just to make the wipers move in sync. Regarding the fuse blowing, what fuse rating was there originally and what do you have now?
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The original for the old motors was 10a, the new motors are rated for 5a and comprehensively blow 7.5a. There are other advantages, two speed and intermittent wipe and helm wipe only, just going to be a pain running the cables. I might as well bite the bullet and do the job properly now I’ve gone this far.
 
Jamie Dundee said:
The original for the old motors was 10a, the new motors are rated for 5a and comprehensively blow 7.5a. There are other advantages, two speed and intermittent wipe and helm wipe only, just going to be a pain running the cables. I might as well bite the bullet and do the job properly now I’ve gone this far.
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So I assume you have two 5A fuses, one for each motor on separate supplies? Otherwise a singe 10A as original using the original supply cable.

Yes, I can certainly see the value in two speed and intermittent ? good plan.
 
The whole idea of having a motorboat is to go fast enough to avoid bad weather / rain. Wipers are a complete waste of time. Never rains on the Isle of Man anyway!
 
Mr Googler said:
The whole idea of having a motorboat is to go fast enough to avoid bad weather / rain. Wipers are a complete waste of time. Never rains on the Isle of Man anyway!
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Waste of time on a boat without a civilised roof perhaps :sneaky: Most of the water on the screen comes from waves deflected by my awesome bow flare then blown back by the never-ending bloody wind here :mad:

I see they shifted that wreck from Gansey this afternoon.
 
Jamie Dundee said:
Waste of time on a boat without a civilised roof perhaps :sneaky: Most of the water on the screen comes from waves deflected by my awesome bow flare then blown back by the never-ending bloody wind here :mad:

I see they shifted that wreck from Gansey this afternoon.
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Herd that was happening. One off build yacht apparently. ??
 
Jamie Dundee said:
The original for the old motors was 10a, the new motors are rated for 5a and comprehensively blow 7.5a. There are other advantages, two speed and intermittent wipe and helm wipe only, just going to be a pain running the cables. I might as well bite the bullet and do the job properly now I’ve gone this far.
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I had a similar issue, I put it down to the wipers operating on dry windscreens when testing the current draw and I uprated the S/S springs in the wiper arms to give more pressure holding the blade to the glass.
 
harvey38 said:
I had a similar issue, I put it down to the wipers operating on dry windscreens when testing the current draw and I uprated the S/S springs in the wiper arms to give more pressure holding the blade to the glass.
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I’ve actually been wetting the screen for this reason. I just think the motors aren’t designed to run off a single one motor switch which I hadn’t realised when I started the upgrade.

Looks like my B+ AIS transponder will have to wait a while longer…?
 
Jamie Dundee said:
I’ve actually been wetting the screen for this reason. I just think the motors aren’t designed to run off a single one motor switch which I hadn’t realised when I started the upgrade.

Looks like my B+ AIS transponder will have to wait a while longer…?
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Sorry to hear the wiper job has rapidly escalated!
I might stick with the single blades for a bit longer but keen to see the outcome of your project ? ? ?
 
Pleinmont said:
Sorry to hear the wiper job has rapidly escalated!
I might stick with the single blades for a bit longer but keen to see the outcome of your project ? ? ?
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As thought the cabling disappears into the bowels of the boat somewhere. I pulled down the wood panel ceiling trim and drilled a hole through into the space where the helm wiper and light is. My cables will run directly from the wipers to the helm switch in the ceiling void ?
 
Jamie Dundee said:
As thought the cabling disappears into the bowels of the boat somewhere. I pulled down the wood panel ceiling trim and drilled a hole through into the space where the helm wiper and light is. My cables will run directly from the wipers to the helm switch in the ceiling void ?
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Sorry for resurrecting a thread from the dead but I wondered if you ever ended up fitting the new Exalto controller to stop blowing fuses on the panto wipers?
 
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