Windlass Power Options

[bhecla]

I wanted to follow up and post the solution I ended up going with.

I picked up a 12v modern continuous duty winch motor with a shaft that could have the belt pulley mounted. This is powered by a battery up in the bow that is charged via an echo charger. This keeps things pretty simple and saves me over 40' of heavy gauge wire. We will see how it holds up over time but with how its setup it should be good for quite a while.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

[RaymondR]

Originally Posted by bhecla

I wanted to follow up and post the solution I ended up going with.

I picked up a 12v modern continuous duty winch motor with a shaft that could have the belt pulley mounted. This is powered by a battery up in the bow that is charged via an echo charger. This keeps things pretty simple and saves me over 40' of heavy gauge wire. We will see how it holds up over time but with how its setup it should be good for quite a while.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

How about a few details on the motor?

[bhecla]

Originally Posted by RaymondR

How about a few details on the motor?

Here is an amazon link, I was able to find one local though. Played with it a bit before purchase, pretty nice setup but a bit heavy at 22lbs. I could have gone with one a bit lighter but I wanted the extra power. Working on new mounting brackets now, wanted to redesign how hatch opened and latched down.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o00_s00

Found some spec sheets for some generic winch motors here, was nice to browse through.

https://www.arrowheadep.com/images/D...0Low%20Res.pdf

[RaymondR]

At 4.8kW rated power that is a pretty potent piece of gear. The motor on my anchor winch is only 1.2kW and many yacht winches have only a 1.0kW motor. You should get a pretty extended service life out of it.

[Pauls]

That is NOT a continuous duty motor. Or at least not a 100% power continuous duty. None of the small, high output motors are.

I have a similar motor that I am using for my windlass. It should work very well for you, just be aware that it does have a duty cycle limitation. The lighter the load placed on it the slower the heat build up. Most of the time I expect you will be loading it at less than 20%, at that loading the duty cycle % will be quite high.

[Cheechako]

Uhhh.... who uses their windlass continuous? You must carry a lot of rode! :>)

[bhecla]

Originally Posted by RaymondR

At 4.8kW rated power that is a pretty potent piece of gear. The motor on my anchor winch is only 1.2kW and many yacht winches have only a 1.0kW motor. You should get a pretty extended service life out of it.

Hopefully I will get a good service life out of it.

Originally Posted by Pauls

That is NOT a continuous duty motor. Or at least not a 100% power continuous duty. None of the small, high output motors are.

I have a similar motor that I am using for my windlass. It should work very well for you, just be aware that it does have a duty cycle limitation. The lighter the load placed on it the slower the heat build up. Most of the time I expect you will be loading it at less than 20%, at that loading the duty cycle % will be quite high.

Ya, don't even remember typing "continuous duty" there thanks for pointing it out though. I know it is not meant to run 100% of the time. For what its doing and the amount of time its going to be running it should work well.