Wiring windless

[FourWinnsLC]

So I followed the schematic that came from Lewmar to wire my windless, but it does not say anything about wiring it to a switch. Only to a battery.

I have one wire going from neg side of the solenoid to the negative on my house battery.

The second wire goes from
Positive side of the solenoid, to the breaker, then out the breaker to the switch.

I am not sure what Stud to use on the switch, what I did was followed the positive wire from my house battery up to the switch and used that stud to Connect the wire coming from the breaker.

But now the windless still works when the switch is off.

Suggestions?

 

[dingbat]

Looks like you wired the solenoid control source to the winch

Winch supply (large positive wire) is wired “through” the solenoid. In one side and out the other.

Solenoid control (small positive wire) is controlled by an in-line switch

 

[tpenfield]

Can you post a picture of the schematic that Lewmar provided? What you described does not sound right at all.

 

[FourWinnsLC]

This is the Lewmar schematic, except it does not show how to wire through a switch (battery isolator)

 

[tpenfield]

No solenoid shown. Toggle switch looks like DPDT momentary switch

Not a proper wiring diagram IMO

 

[FourWinnsLC]

I uploaded the wrong picture.

 

[tpenfield]

That updated diagram looks good. The positive lead goes from the breaker to the solenoid (not the switch)

 

[FourWinnsLC]

That updated diagram looks good. The positive lead goes from the breaker to the solenoid (not the switch)

 

[FourWinnsLC]

Yes that all makes since, but what I have been researching it needs to go from solenoid to breaker like you said, but I want the windless to be a switched device, so when you turn the battery switch to off it kills the power to the windless. That’s where the question I have comes in. Currently I have it wired to the #2 post on the battery switch. But in doing that the windless always has power. After some research I believe I need to use the common lug on the battery switch not the #2.

Thanks for the help!

 

[tpenfield]

Windlass (not windless)

Do you have a master battery switch for the boat (like a Pero Switch)? It would be the common lug as you mentioned.

Since the current to the windlass is so high (30+ amps) you cannot really run it through any instrumentation/helm type of switch. That is what the solenoid switch is for . . . similar to a starter motor solenoid.

What is missing from the wiring diagram is the battery switch itself. Most boats have such a thing.

 

[alldodge]

My Formula runs the windlass from the house Bat. It uses 2 switches and 1 main power solenoid. Flip main switch and it energizes the solenoid right off the house Bat switch to the windlass. The other helm switch is the UP/DOWN DPDT

 

[FourWinnsLC]

Windlass (not windless)

Do you have a master battery switch for the boat (like a Pero Switch)? It would be the common lug as you mentioned.

Since the current to the windlass is so high (30+ amps) you cannot really run it through any instrumentation/helm type of switch. That is what the solenoid switch is for . . . similar to a starter motor solenoid.

What is missing from the wiring diagram is the battery switch itself. Most boats have such a thing.

Perfect, just as I thought, thanks for the input.
I think I have been confusing you saying switch. The master battery switch is what I have been referring to.