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cowbird1

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i want to run two seperate wir

i want to run two seperate wires to two seprate toggles with two in line fuses. one toggle to raise the drive unit an one to lower the drive unit is this possibe.i have a aq125 volvo penta. the motor has two wires one rotate one way and ty other the other way. its a little work but will it work.
 
"I don't see why it would

"I don't see why it would not work.. Make sure you use a switch that will open when u let it go. so it want remain in the closed position on accident.

regards,
K"
 
Why bother with two switches?

Why bother with two switches? Center off/momentary either side readily available cheap switch! If you do this you run the risk of bad things happening if both switches actuated at same time.
 
"Robert
A centre off, momenta

"Robert
A centre off, momentary will only work if it is double pole. The two wire tilt motor needs a change of polarity to get a change in direction. Also the motor is fed with a 20 amp fuse, that is why the relays are there in the first place. A 20 amp double pole, changeover switch will be big and quite expensive.
Bill"
 
Fuses protect wire from over h

Fuses protect wire from over heating
relays reduces load at switch
Make sure your wire is a awg 12 between relay and motor
 
"I misunderstood the post. I t

"I misunderstood the post. I though he was going to use the swiches to control the relays! The REAL reason that the relays are these is that you don't want to run the power for the motos the length of the boat twice... Getting a bigger switch will not solve that problem you would end up running a lot of heavy wire. And then you would have aporblem engineering a product that would work on boats from 16 ft to the mid 20s...
Stick with the relays and a monentary single pole switch. Trust me, the existing design is pretty close to the "Best bang for the buck" solution for the til motor control problem."
 
"Your proposed method will not

"Your proposed method will not work, as Bill mentioned. One wire serves as ground, the other as power; for actuation in ONE direction. The polarity is reveresed for actuation in the opposite direction. The relays accomplish this and elminiate the need to run a great length of heavy gauge wire.

VP relays are quite expensive. Take one down to your local NAPA and they can replace it with a much less expensive relay. Most likely you will need to modify your wiring, but it is not difficult."
 
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