Non working anchor windlass

[Salty Sealine]

I stupidly operated the winch from the fly bridge recently and the anchor jammed in the groove that it normally sits in (Sealine F33). The chian was rock solid and despite pressing the foot switche to lower the chain it would not move.

I have loosened off the windlass and sorted out the anchor, but now when i press the up or down buttons there is just a clicking sound. Any ideas what I have broken?

As an aside the first weekend i had my boat I tried to drop the anchor and it got stuck, so I put my hand on it to try and loosen it. It worked but unfortunately I caught my finger on it as it dropped and the new fingernail is still growing back 2 months later!!!

 

[hlb]

I suppose you've pressed the reset buttons, I have two.

 

[enterprise]

Ouch re fingernail, very glad it's not your finger though.

As already posted, there are reset trips, usually by the engine battery master switches on sealine.
Had the same with ours once, the clicking is the low voltage side switching the solanoids, but the high current side of the solanoids are not energised because the trip swich has triped.
No harm done to your boat electrics, good lesson learned re keeping your fingers away from the windlass though.

 

[fireball]

Check the fuse if there is one ... it could be the relay you can hear ticking...

 

[Salty Sealine]

enterprise & hlb - thank you for your suggestions. I'll pop down to the boat tomorrow and see if does the trick.

 

[U4]

I had exactly the same thing on my sealine. There will be 2 x breakers if you have a bow thruster fitted as it is part of the same circuit. It is probably located next to the bow thruster under a removable floor compartment.

 

[DavidJ]

If it's anything like my S37 with a separate battery for the thruster, there is a single breaker on the flat bit under the main bed draw next to the isolator switch.

 

[mikesyam]

Open the door to the front bedroom and look down theres a flush handle which lifts op the hatch on the floor, look to the right and the trip/breaker is there on a bracket, you only see the button which pops out when overloaded so try and push it back in, the relay is located in a white box on the bulkhead in the anchor locker just follow the wires from the windlass and they go into it bot there is no breaker in it, there is a fuse holder on the side of the box but this is not used on a Sealine. I would listen to the relay box while pressing a footswitch and if the relay clicks I would suspect the motors goosed subject to the terminals being clean on the relay.
Sent you a pm with my number as I have done loads of work on mine in connection with the windlass.
Mike

 

[enterprise]

The relays will work even if the breaker has triped,
The breaker is to protect the high current side of the solanoids, there will be a seperate breaker for the low voltage switching side, probably on your distribution panel (most likely the switch).
By stalling the motor only the high current breaker will have triped, hence no opperation of the motor even though the solanoids will still work (low current switched, the "clicking" sound).

Using the footswitches (or any other switches) therefore will still opperate the solanoids, but there's no high current feed to the motor because the high current breaker has triped.
Reset it & all will be fine.

 

[benjenbav]

In similar circs mine always throws the breaker out.

 

[IDAMAY]

Hope you have solved the problem

but if not it may well be the Solenoid. As others have said this is in a white box on the bulkhead. If you were to dismount the box you might well find it marked "keep dry" or some such. Mine did on both on F42/5 and T47. You may think the anchor locker isn't the smartest place to mount something you want to keep dry! The result for me in both cases was a seized solenoid. The best solution is either to move the solenoid to somewhere dry or use a more waterproof solenoid. You can buy these from reputable marine electrics suppliers. I took the latter course and have not had any further problems so far.

 

[Salty Sealine]

Now working

First time back to the boat this morning, pressed the fuse/breaker under the front berth and anchor now goes up and down again. thank you to all for your advice.