Anchor system for F-30 help me spend my money right - or not

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Sure!

Here's the newly installed windlass, before I added the wireless relays. You can see the foot switches, which are wired up but not yet installed in the deck.
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Here's the relay, installed and wired up. You can also see that there's now a cleat just below it, which is for the cover to attach to.
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And this one is two shots of the cover, which was made my Paul Dennis at Warren River Boatworks. It really ties the whole thing together nicely.
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I also remembered that I have this video of it in action.
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As far as a wiring schematic, I basically just powered it from the windlass circuit, and then ran wires from the Common and Normally Open terminals on each relay to the terminals for each foot switch on the terminal strip. Very simple. Then, you just press the button on the circuit board to program the remote. I don't recall exactly how that goes, but the instructions that come with it are pretty clear.

One other thing, in case people are wondering: the range is really impressive. While testing it, I remember that I was able to get several hundred feet away before it started having difficulties.
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Wow again, really impressed- I’ll get one :D

Paul Dennis is quite thorough and knowledgeable - spoke on the phone with him once and visited his website often. You are lucky to be in same neck of the woods as he. Great looking F 38 too -

I need that remote - anchoring for me is a scramble with me running back and forth from the cockpit to the foredeck foot controls of my windlass - in tight quarters I’m certain I’m hilarious to watch.

Thanks!
Tom and Stephanie
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3GM30F, 3-blade maxi prop
Emery Cove, CA

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Thanks! Yeah, Paul has been an invaluable resource for me, and I'm always looking to pass on whatever I've been able to learn from him to folks who may not live so close by (you can probably tell from my other posts).

Glad to hear that I've potentially solved a problem for you! When I figured this out it was like the clouds had parted, and I was really excited to tell everyone I knew, but nobody else seemed all that impressed. It still blows my mind that such a capability can be added for under $200.

I actually ended up buying another one and mounting it alongside the first, so that I can also control a little electric horn that I've hidden behind the nav lights on my bow pulpit. It's great for Maine fog.
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good on the fog horn - I use the Raymarine VHF with fog horn on the mast - works sweet. On you remote did you use 12 ga wire? My remote is ordered. :)
Tom and Stephanie
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3GM30F, 3-blade maxi prop
Emery Cove, CA

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I’m pretty sure I used 16 gauge actually, since it’s such a short run. Also, I think that’s the same gauge as the wires from the foot switches, so it should be fine.

Be sure to post once it’s installed, I’d like to hear your thoughts!
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After getting an email from my marina stating we could come to inspect our boats, I did drive to Good Way today- and installed the Solidremote 202U windlass relay. If I were very tiny it would have taken 15 minutes but as I’m not it took 3 hrs. Once I dropped the v berth upper panel I noticed the windlass had a windlass control box mounted nearby which made wiring in the remote receiver “easy”, size and space notwithstanding. I did download a wiring schematic for the control box, which helped a lot. My receiver had 4 dip switches and I placed 1 on and the rest off. Pressing the remote fob on button A saw windlass spin down as long as button was depressed and button B pressed saw windlass up but I have to press button again to stop - no big deal - I have the dip switches off I’m sure (figures ). Pretty sure all 4 do's need to be off for just a hold and release mode.

Great idea and $17.00 well spent. I re installed the upper panel and will replace that with cherry in the future.
On the control box- the 3 yellow connectors are windlass up, -bat, down. The middle red cable behind is +bat and had a smaller red wire connected to its post coming from the foot deck switches common, which I spliced into...

Remote fob seems great- easily operated the windlass from my pushpit. Very solid feel :D
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Emery Cove, CA

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I flipped the 4 dp switches on the receiver to all off and now windlass up and down are both hold and release. Included is my quickie schematic .
Here is the veneered top pane (can’t get the pic flipped!) l - nice colormatching :D
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Tom and Stephanie
Good Way II F 35 (P)
1999. Wing Keel 5’
3GM30F, 3-blade maxi prop
Emery Cove, CA

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