Windlass vs Aging Batteries Question

[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by Emerald Sea

Hi Kenomac. It seems I have a very similar issue with our Quick Dylan windlass where its become weaker and weaker. Ive checked and cleaned all connection and have a voltage drop, measure at the terminals on the solenoid. In your case, has renewing your engine batteries (assuming its your engine batt that drives the windlass) solved the power to the windlass? Any other feedback would be useful. Thanks.

I cleaned the terminals which didn't seem to make a difference. Then thanks to the suggestion by one of the previous posters, I now place my transmission in neutral and raise the engine revs to 1800rpms while using the windlass. The added juice coming from the alternator makes a huge difference.

Now it works great!