help required to fix winch

[seaquest-1]

hi all
got a neco capstan 12 volt sent away got
controlbox ect
fitted to my boat but now will not lift
as soon as any load goes on the thing stops
thought it was basttery so batterys were charged full same thing
under load stops any ideas or parts to fix would be apreicated
regards
mike

 

[vas]

probably need much more info.

is that a new winch?
if old, anyone checked it and cleaned motor, replaced the_black_things_I_dont_remember_how_they're_called_in_english
gauge of wire feeding them?
length of said wires?
fuse large enough, guess not tripping
battery capacity?

cheers

V.

 

[longjohnsilver]

probably need much more info.

is that a new winch?
if old, anyone checked it and cleaned motor, replaced the_black_things_I_dont_remember_how_they're_called_in_english
gauge of wire feeding them?
length of said wires?
fuse large enough, guess not tripping
battery capacity?

cheers

V.

I'd guess at gauge of wire too.

 

[seaquest-1]

winch

cheers v
black things english /brushes

yep all seems ok all new wire feeds ect
just dont know enough about them
????????

 

[vas]

yep, that's it brushes!

there's a need to get a lot of current through the wires to have the power to lift your anchor or whatever.
Now, a thin gauge wire and/or a long length of them from source (battery) to windlass means that the effort to lift the chain translates to simply heated wires.

Can you measure the length of the cable and the thickness of it?
FWIW, on my 43ft mobo, the 1000W 24V windlass has around 9m cables run to it and are almost 10mm in dia.
BTW, you are sure that windlass is same voltage as boat? ie. 24V windlass on a 12V circuit wont work...

cheers

V.

 

[seaquest-1]

winch

no more than 3mtres
black earth side double wire soldered in proper terminal
around 4/5m thick
live feed same single
wires are of same or thicker than
the wires going into windings
also believe to be 12 volt as stamped under side
regards
mike

 

[seaquest-1]

winch

sorry forgot to mention
the load that is on it when tried
is my freind holding rope over bow putting his wight on it
by the wy bot is out of wter for winter
mike

 

[vas]

odd, how about trying with just the battery and cables, bypassing the control box and buttons?
I know not a nice solution, but at least rules out control box problems.

If that's fine, I'd question the battery condition! What battery capacity, how old, how well charged, how do you know it's charged?
Since it's in the hard, I'd be tempted to bring the car over and with the car engine running, try the test again with the car battery giving the current

cheers

V.