Hi,
I work on a large sailing yacht and have just bought a new 24v winch motor and gearbox for a large winch on our aft deck, 1 of 2, the other one is working fine.
Each winch has its own control box which accepts a signal from a button on deck and then switches the 24v required to run the motor.
On the control box for the good winch, when I operate the button, I can hear a contactor clicking inside the control box and then the winch starts to run.
On the control box for the winch which requires a new motor, when I operate the button, I do not hear the contactor clicking.
As I have not yet connected the new motor to the control box there is no load connected to the control box.
My question is does a contactor require a load to operate ?
If so then perhaps my control box is okay, if not then I think there is a problem with the control box.
Any help is much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Oshbosh
I work on a large sailing yacht and have just bought a new 24v winch motor and gearbox for a large winch on our aft deck, 1 of 2, the other one is working fine.
Each winch has its own control box which accepts a signal from a button on deck and then switches the 24v required to run the motor.
On the control box for the good winch, when I operate the button, I can hear a contactor clicking inside the control box and then the winch starts to run.
On the control box for the winch which requires a new motor, when I operate the button, I do not hear the contactor clicking.
As I have not yet connected the new motor to the control box there is no load connected to the control box.
My question is does a contactor require a load to operate ?
If so then perhaps my control box is okay, if not then I think there is a problem with the control box.
Any help is much appreciated.
Many thanks,
Oshbosh
