Windlass Electric Plant Minimum Requirements; Installation General Requirements; Installation Tips - Lofrans CAYMAN 88 Manual De Instruccion

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR ANCHOR WINDLASS
This product is not designed as a strong point to fasten your anchor rode. Fast the anchor rode to a strong point such as mooring cleat or similar.
The vessel's engine be running and used to assist the anchor recovery.
Install always the properly rated circuit breaker to protect the electric plant and the motor from overheating and damages.
Always when the product is not in use turn off the main switch to prevent accidental engagement of the product.
Always keep hands and feet clear of an operating windlass.If a jam occurs turn the windlass off at the main switch before clearing the anchor rode.
Do not use the windlass for different purposes it was designed for.

WINDLASS ELECTRIC PLANT MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

The table below suggests the requirements for all the components of the windlass electric plant depending from the motor nominal power .
1-Minimum battery capacity
2-Control Box terminals
3-Power line cables size
4-Lofrans power line circuit breaker
5-Control line wires size
6-Control line fuse
7-Remote controls types
Notes /Remarks /Suggestion:
1. Battery of lower capacity decrease the windlass performances and are rapidly subjected to wear and tear.
2. The Control Box is the solenoids box. Please read carefully the Control Box instructions.
3. This size must be increased of 30% when the length of the positive plus the negative cables are more than 10 mts.
4. This Lofrans circuit breaker protects the power line from short circuit and the windlass motor in case of overheating. It must be installed in accessible place to be prompty
reactivated when it trips. It can be also used to isolate the windlass from the remote controls as we strongly suggest to avoid accidental engagement.
5. Use 6 mm faston to connect these wires to the terminals of the Control Box.
6. Install this fuse in a place where it is easy to replace.
7. All these controls can be connected in parallel. We strongly recommend to have on board a minimum of two remote controls to operate the windlass in case one of them gets
damaged.
All Lofrans equipment are CE approved.

INSTALLATION GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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INSTALLATION TIPS

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700 W 12V 700 W 24 V 1000 W 12V
100 Ah 70 Ah
3 3
25 mm² 16 mm²
70 A 35 A
1,5 mm² 1,5 mm² 1,5 mm²
5 A 5 A
Rocker switch C – Hand held remote control Vega – Footswitches – Radio Control Mizar - Orion Line Chaincounters
INSULATOR
1000 W 24V 1200 W 12V
150 Ah 90 Ah 180 Ah
3 3
35 mm² 25 mm² 50 mm²
100 A 70 A 100 A
1,5 mm² 1,5 mm²
5 A 5 A
The windlass to work properly must be placed where these four essential conditions
are fully satisfied :
1. The gipsy of the windlass must be in line with the bow roller.
2. The deck must be flat. The structure of the boat must be adeguate to the
load that the windlass is able to pull. If necessary reinforce the deck with
a backing pad to spread the stress.
3. The chain fall into the chain locker must be maximized as when the chain
is stored completely , it tends to make a shape as a pyramid and reduce
the chain fall. To prevent jams you must have a minimum of 300 mm (A)
between the underside of the deck and the top of the heaped chain.
4. The chain locker shape is really important to limit the pyramid problem .
The drawing beside gives an idea about an ideal configuration.
Always the angle where the chain turns around the gipsy must be 90°
minimum. See beside. In case this angle is less than 90° put a roller
between the gipsy and the bow roller to keep the chain down and get
the right angle.
Corrosion problems could depend from the contact between different
metals. Where the boat is made in metal , place an insulator between
the windlass and the deck.
1200 W 24V 1500 W 12V
100 Ah 250 Ah
3 3 3
35 mm² 50 mm²
70 A 125 A
1,5 mm² 1,5 mm²
5 A 5 A 5 A
1500 W 24V
150 Ah
3
35 mm²
70 A
1,5 mm²
5 A