Hunter410 Windlass Control Box/Contactor Location

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jsmac

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Jan 22, 2008
95
Hunter 410 Severna Park, MD MD
Hi,

Does anyone know where the Windless Control Box or Contactors box is located on a 1998 Hunter 410?

Also, My owners manual shows several different types of boxes. I have the up/down foot switch only at the anchor well, no remote. Anyone know if I have a control box or a contactors?

My boat is 3 hours away and I am planning to install a washdown kit and want to tie it into the windless power.

Thanks
 
Navicula

Navicula

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Dec 14, 2011
316
Navicula 430 Hunter Toronto
In my boat it is in the chain locker....it should be near your windless
 
Mulf

Mulf

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Dec 2, 2003
400
Hunter 410 Chester, MD (Kent Island)
In my 2002 H410....

...there is an access panel in the front wall of the forward head. Remove it to gain access to the windlass and it's wiring.
 
Sailgunner

Sailgunner

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Jun 4, 2004
1,087
Mainship Piliot 34 Punta Gorda
You can buy a remote for $10 on Ebay. Look for jeep winch remote. I installed my wash down pump under the forward settee next to the thru hull valves. I picked up the sea water from the head intake or sink drain, don't remember. I ran new power from the panel so the washdown is on a separate breaker.
 
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snows

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Aug 22, 2011
30
Hunter 410 Charleston, SC
On our 1998 410, we have a contactor (solenoid) that reverses the current. I replaced ours because the down direction was sticking. As it turned out, the switch was what was sticking, not the contactor. I've also had to replace the motor, as the original burned up. The replacement was in stock at the Puerto Del Rey Marina in Fijardo, Puerto Rico and cost about $320.

Daniel
 
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jsmac

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Jan 22, 2008
95
Hunter 410 Severna Park, MD MD
ANSWER - Thank you.

Mulf said:
...there is an access panel in the front wall of the forward head. Remove it to gain access to the windlass and it's wiring.
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Perfect, I see it on my photos. Thank you.
 
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Don Lucas

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Jan 12, 2011
930
Hunter 410 full time cruiser
jsmac said:
My boat is 3 hours away and I am planning to install a washdown kit and want to tie it into the windless power.

Thanks
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Keep in mind that if you connect the washdown pump to the windlass you will need to connect it to the windlass power line (not the control circuit that comes off the main DC panel). This is powered from your start battery not your house battery, so just be aware of this.

Then again depending on what stuff you have on your boat and how it is wired it may not matter. On mine the house batteries can power the start batteries though the isolator because both the house (which goes though the inverter switch) and the engine alternator supply for charging are hooked to the input terminal of the isolator.
 
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