wirebender
Senior Member
- Location
- North Central Texas
We have a customer who wants to make his personal water craft (PWC) lift automatic.
He has a lift you drive the PWC up on that is operated at dock level with a switch that requires hands on operation.
He wants to be able to drive on the lift, hit a switch and the lift be raised up to dock level where he would dismount, swing the PWC over the dock and hit another switch to lower it to the dock.
I personally feel it would be unsafe but the customer is adamant.
Have any of you set up this kind of operation?
Most of the ones I have seen use ropes that extend to the water level, pull one rope to activate the switch for up and the other rope for down, but he doesn't want this.
If this is reasonable, where would I look for marine grade switches, limit switches and e-stops?
What I am really looking for is a law that says we can't do this. I would hate for some kid to hit one of the switches and get caught between the PWC and dock or whatever.
He has a lift you drive the PWC up on that is operated at dock level with a switch that requires hands on operation.
He wants to be able to drive on the lift, hit a switch and the lift be raised up to dock level where he would dismount, swing the PWC over the dock and hit another switch to lower it to the dock.
I personally feel it would be unsafe but the customer is adamant.
Have any of you set up this kind of operation?
Most of the ones I have seen use ropes that extend to the water level, pull one rope to activate the switch for up and the other rope for down, but he doesn't want this.
If this is reasonable, where would I look for marine grade switches, limit switches and e-stops?
What I am really looking for is a law that says we can't do this. I would hate for some kid to hit one of the switches and get caught between the PWC and dock or whatever.