[Rhodes22-list] OB Motors ( for Rummy)

[Chris Cowie]

My lift has a little knob on the side but I prefer to squeeze the nuts  
to make it go up and down.

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC


On Jun 22, 2010, at 1:21 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com 
 > wrote:

> I have Stan's electric lift system and wouldn't trade it for  
> anything. On
> my model, there is a manual override on the lift motor to allow for  
> manual
> lowering or raising if necessary. I know this because I installed it  
> myself.
>  Those that have a factory installation would be lucky if they  
> received an
> owners  manual or they would never know about it.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 6/22/2010 12:53:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> staum at earthlink.net writes:
>
> You make  a good arguement for the simple & reliable manual lift   
> system.
>
> Stephen Staum
> '87 R22, Carol Lee
>
> Sent from my  iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2010, at 8:52 AM, ftugwell at cox.net wrote:
>
> >  On Saturday I was single-handing my Rhodes on the Potomac with good
> >  winds (around 15 k) and when I decided to return to port, the  
> engine
> >  would not drop--in fact, nothing happened when I pressed the remote
> >  (this is new) button to lower the lift.  I called Stan, who went
> > through
> > all the alternatives with me: a) checking the  connections on the
> > busbar
> > in the laz, and on the  battery; b) reading the instructions to find
> > the
> >  release for the motor; and c) in an emergency situation, cutting  
> the
> >  strap while holding the motor up with a line so that it does not  
> drop.
> >  We had already determined that there was still power, since my
> >  instruments were all working.  I was in the middle of the  
> channel  with
> > lots of boats zooming around and a good wind, so I decided to  go
> > back to
> > the marina area and anchor to check things  out.  Since it was
> > relatively
> > easy, I did reach in  the laz and, to my surprise, I found a loose  
> nut
> > connection. (not a  wire nut, just a nut)  After I tightened it, the
> > motor lift  worked.  Many thanks to Stan for walking me through  
> this on
> > my  new boat.  An aside: no surveyor will approve a boat for sale  
> if  it
> > has wire nuts.  these are not for marine  use.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Joe Camp  wrote:
> >
> >> Rummy and Chris:
> >>
> >>   There seems to be a Freudian undertone in all of this  "nut"
> >> talk.
> >> Can we switch to something more  directly phallic, like "raising  
> the
> >> mast?"  Just a thought,  but let's not hide our true natures...men.
> >>
> >>  Joe
> >> --- On Tue, 6/22/10, R22RumRunner at aol.com   wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com Subject:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] OB  
> Motors (
> >> for Rummy)
> >> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 7:57  AM
> >>
> >>
> >> Wire nuts are not for marine use. I  prefer soldered connections  
> with
> >> shrink tubing and then a layer of  liquid electrical tape. I'm  
> glad we
> >> dug a little  deeper into  this subject.
> >>
> >>  Rummy
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 6/21/2010 1:35:40  P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> ccowie at cowieassociates.com  writes:
> >>
> >> Thanks  for the advice.  The nuts I  was referring to are not the  
> wing
> >> nuts on the  battery rather  control wires from the outboard lift
> >> switch have wire nuts  that  seem to come a bit loose every now and
> >> then.  I  plan to replace them with  a  bette
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