passerelle controls placement Q

[vas]

Bart,

yes, I removed the red thing (the coil) and took it to the only shop in Volos dealing with such stuff (agricultural machine, plant machinery, etc)
They have it (another brand, strangely also Italian!) and costs 15euro each. I can definitely afford a couple of them to test the system!
Turns out that the dia of the tube that the coil wraps around is critical, so I'll measure it and buy them tomorrow.
Went to the website of the original ones, but it's all in Italian and a lot of pain to figure out what I'm after, so quit.

I was/am concerned that there are different "strengths" of coils and respective magnetic fields that are needed for proper operation, but doesn't seem to be the case as the guy there claimed.

So, looks like I'm sorted with the 12V to 24V conversion for 30euro for the coils and another 10-20 euro for the Chinese remote, not bad at all if it works!

cheers

V.

 

[MapisM]

Went to the website of the original ones, but it's all in Italian and a lot of pain to figure out what I'm after, so quit.

V, I see no reason why the solution you found shouldn't work, but just in case, if you need any support with IT translations, don't hesitate to drop me a pm.

 

[vas]

V, I see no reason why the solution you found shouldn't work, but just in case, if you need any support with IT translations, don't hesitate to drop me a pm.

thanks P.,

I have you in mind when Italian crop up, but as you say, it's an extremely simple thing, a coil with 3 ratings printed on it. If they match and if the size fits, it's bound to work

Anyway, I'll first wire the passerelle to 12V temporarily (with all components 24V rated) see and test it working, and THEN I'll move it to 24V and observe

cheers

V.

 

[vas]

thanks P.,

I have you in mind when Italian crop up, but as you say, it's an extremely simple thing, a coil with 3 ratings printed on it. If they match and if the size fits, it's bound to work

Anyway, I'll first wire the passerelle to 12V temporarily (with all components 24V rated) see and test it working, and THEN I'll move it to 24V and observe

cheers

V.

and only 9 months later, ram installed, pump installed, flex hoses connected (almost right) and after a bit of head scratching and inability to run it at 12V since one battery from the only pair has exploded in situ and are currently disconnected, I wired it straight to the 24V Victron. Er, when I say wired, I mean jammed the bare wires in the poles

Anyway, unsurprisingly motor run and being slightly scared I started with small bursts of the main ram, took a while, started worrying that something's broken, but eventually started lifting the pasarelle! Well impressed moved to the other controls only to find that I've connected the flexhoses the wrong way round so that the in-out of the pasarelle translates to the up down of the dingy lifting ladder thing and vise versa. Mind I didn't do ANY bleeding whatsoever, looks like the in-out action shifts air back to the oil tank by the pump, or what? Action is nice and smooth, not overly fast and comparable to what I've seen around in other mobos, so the 12V sticker was pretty pointless.

It's a big thing after all 2,90m fully extended and according to ALMAR good for a 280kg dingy.
Got to get the right length of M12 bolts to properly secure the ram base on the transom tomorrow and route the cables to the bulkhead wiring, but other than that, a big job ticked (a million to go...)

Ah! before I forgot, STILL don't know where to mount these controls! (don't forget the original point of the thread!) Thinking on the side of the transom seat bench I built last year, opposite the inner cleats but they'll be exposed to the elements...

cheers

V.