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Gogarty

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Sorry to hear about your experience with the Lewmar. I have a Concept
(forget the #) windlass on my boat and have had good service from it
for 7+ years. Lewmar foot switches on the deck forward and the supplied
Lewmar 'remote' toggle switch in the cockpit.

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The problemn is only with the deck switches forward. The toggle switch in the
cockpit works great. But then, I supplied the wiring for that.

My wiring and motor are not below decks but in the former anchor deck locker.
Despite gaskets and various waterproofing gloop, they will not stay dry.
Tinned wire survives just fine. Plain copper does not. Do you know how much
Lewmar charges for one of those deck switches? Do you know what's inside them?
A tiny pushbutton switch about the size of a thumbnail with three tiny copper
wires potted into the bottom of the switch case. No way to bring proper wire
into the switch. A circular piece of plastic and matching foam pad. The rubber
weather cover on which you step. And the three piece hard plastic snap
together case.

But hey, making up another connection is a lot easier on my back than dragging
up a Delta 35 and 150 ft. of chain.

Another thing I noticed when I dissassembled the windlass to get the motor
fixed was that the inside of the windlass where it mates to the motor
drive-shaft was solidly packed with salt.