O C Diver
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- Joined
- Dec 16, 2010
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- 13,268
- Location
- Fort Myers, Florida
- Vessel Name
- End Of The Line
- Vessel Make
- Trinka 10 Dinghy
Sounds like things are coming together nicely! Looks like a nice boat with lots of possibilities.
Ted
Ted
The silver/silver chloride half cell I got was from boatzinks.com. It's a reference cell that has a plug on one end you connect to your multi-meter selected in the mili-amp range, and you place the electrode end in the water next to your boat.
Correction: the multi-meter is set to mili-volt; not mili-amp. Sorry for the confusion.
It truly is in series. And when you are not trying to ingage any motor in the series, there is no presher in the system. When you ingage the clutch pump it dose not draw the engine down at all.
I will get pics when I get back to the boat.
Obie
FWIW, If you haven't already checked it, see if there is a mechanical dog or brake locking the windlass shafts or hubs.Ok I have hit the wall on one of my systems and I need help.
Hydraulics! So I have a hydraulic system that is daisy chained. The oil exits the pump go first to my crane. The crane workers grate, then it goes to my front windlass. Then I try to bring the windles forward or back it makes the pump belt slip. Then the oil goes to the stern windlass. The same thing happens when I try to operate that windlass. From there it then returns to the tank. Has anyone heard of a system like this? Were they are not in peralel, but in series.
Obie
Good idea. Pay him to draw a schematic with ISO symbols for troubleshooting later."it's hard to find hydraulics mechanics these days - at least where I am."
Stop in a shop that is a hyd specialist. They repair trash trucks , earth movers and farm gear.
They will know of a mechanic that would love to earn cash some weekend figuring and then explaining your system.
"it's hard to find hydraulics mechanics these days - at least where I am."
Stop in a shop that is a hyd specialist. They repair trash trucks , earth movers and farm gear.
They will know of a mechanic that would love to earn cash some weekend figuring and then explaining your system.
FWIW...some thoughts, if not already checked; once in the windlass mode is it possible you have 2nd /another hyd selector for the fwd and aft windlasses mode?Yes I know spencer, they are very close to me.
And my hydraulics have a selector also. 1 for the bowthrusrer, then one for windlasses and crane.
I think it has to be a problem with the valve body? I don't see we're it could be anything else
Obie
You have to move the leaver at the windles. That is when you here the pump pull down. At first you here oil squirting through the valve as you begin to restrict it. The way the se stem is desighed I believe all valve at there neutral state allow oil to fee flow to the next valve bodie, and so on till it returned to the pump. Then you pull a valve you then send it through one side ore the other in the hydraulic motor. It then exits the motor and continues on through the loop.
That may not be a good idea. Older heavy duty work boats can have hyd pumps with flow rates on the order of 10 to 25 gal / min.As a quick test you could temporarily/remove the return line (into a 1-2 gal can) at one of the windlasses and see if you get any motor rotation.
That may not be a good idea. Older heavy duty work boats can have hyd pumps with flow rates on the order of 10 to 25 gal / min.