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"Lynn Coffelt" wrote:

Last year we put a Wood-Freeman mechanical, chain drive monster on a
commercial fishing vessel. Of course we used Comnav electronics and motor
driver. (new mercury contactors are rare and expensive!)

Lynn

Nothing like an old Wood Freeman Brass Gearbox Chaindrive....
I suspect you could build a PowerMosFET driver for one of these
without too much trouble. I wonder what Bruce @ Wood-Freeman is
using instead of Mercury Switches these days? I have seen a lot
of different AutoPilot Boxes driving Wood-Freeman Motordrives
over the years. Worked on a Model 12 last summer, for a Troller...
now that is OLD......


Bruce in alaska
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