Electric Installation - Vetus ALEXANDER III Manual De Manejo Y Instrucciones De Instalación

Installation
For outside dimensions, see drawing page 26.
In general
The reliability of the anchor windlass is entirely dependent on
the quality of the installation. Nearly all defects that emerge
are caused by faults or inaccuracies during installation. It is
therefore, of the utmost importance to follow all mentioned
items in this manual carefully!
Installation
When positioning the anchor windlass, one must take into
account the following:
- Place the windlass in such a way that rotation of the gipsy
(G) is as indicated in the drawing when the anchor is hauled in.
- The gipsy should be in line with the hawse pipe or the bow
roller.
- The chain should run out horizontally, or even lower, to the
hawse pipe or the bow roller. Please note that the spanned
bow of the chain on the gipsy should at least be 90˚; this
also goes for the hinged bow roller. You might position the
anchor windlass higher up, by means of a filler plate made
of wood so as to comply to the demands.
- A possible circle on deck should also be justified by means
of a filler plate made of wood.
Mark the positions of the holes by means of a drill pattern:
- the fixing holes of the anchor windlass
- the hole for chain to chain locker
- a hole to feed through cables-entry to the electric motor
Apply a sealant on the flange of the chain bushing and mount
it
onto the deck.
Apply a sealant between the lower side of the anchor wind-
lass and the deck and install the anchor windlass with the
supplied studs, nuts and washers.
It is recommended to grease the studs with e.g. Loctite
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Seize or Molykote 1000.
Holes to be drilled in the windlass housing to mount e.g. a
switch/receptacle, will damage the protective coating irrepara-
bly.
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Chain locker
Make sure that the chain locker is big enough. Guideline for
determining the chain locker dimensions:
8 mm chain
10 mm chain
Engage the end of the chain in the chain locker.

Electric installation

Check whether the voltage, as mentioned on the engine plate,
is in accordance with the ship's power supply.
Battery
Install a starter battery with a capacity of approx. 70 Ah -
12V. (e.g. a Vetus maintenance free marine battery of 70 Ah.)
For 2V, 2 starter batteries of approx. 35 Ah - 12V in series
connections. (e.g. 2 pcs. Vetus maintenance free marine bat-
teries 55 Ah).
Position the batteries as closely as possible to the anchor
windlass; the main circuit wires can be kept short and which
causes the voltage drop to be low.
The place in which the batteries are installed should be dry
and
well ventilated.
Main circuit wires
The minimum cross section is 25 mm
minimum 10-mm
tery and the anchor windlass should not exceed 5 percent of
the supply voltage.
Consult the table on page 27 when choosing the proper cross
section if the total cable lenght (plus and minus cable meas-
ured together) exceeds 6 m (20 ft).
If necessary, for the last piece of cable between motor and sole-
noid switch, use wire with a thread section of 25 mm
2
or 10 mm (for 2 V).
A main switch and a fuse are to be inserted into the plus cable.
A Vetus battery switch is excellently suited for the job. The
fuse protects the anchor windlass against overload as well as
the ship's supply system against short circuits.
A recommended fuse is the Vetus 'slow blow' fuse.
- 12 V anchor windlass: 100 A
- 2 V anchor windlass: 50 A
- Fuse holder
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Anti
3
: 5 dm by 10 m chain
3
: 8 dm by 10 m chain
2
2
(AWG 8). The voltage drop between the bat-
(Vetus art. code: ZE100)
(Vetus art. code: ZE050)
(Vetus art. code: ZEHC100)
Electric anchor windlass ALEXANDER III
(AWG ). For 2V
2
(for 12 V)