On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:33:52 -0500, Gogarty
wrote:

In article ,
says...

We did not have a separate battery for the windlass. We ran heavy guage
cable from the battery bank (house and start batteries) to the windlass
through a circuit breaker. Better weight distribution, batteries always
charged, no charge cables lieing around when not needed. Circuit breaker
easily accessible.

I had a forty foot sail boat rigged like that, and wired with large
welding cables. I calculated that for a run of 80 ft. (up and back)
and a max amperage of 75 that it required #2 cables to carry the load
.... the welding cables were even larger then that :-)

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Cheers,

Bruce in Bangkok