The click indicates the control system is operating. The power
supply/ground to the windlass motor is open, or the motor is puked.
JR

jc wrote:

I have a windlass on my 1997 searay when i try and activate, it makes
a loud click sound, but does not engage either up or down. I also
tryed remote (down only) switch on bow and it does the same thing. I
removed the up/down switch on the dash to check the connections they
are fine. The click sound seemss to be coming from behind the dash.
Do these units have a silanoid or capacitor behind dash that could be



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"JR North" wrote in message
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The click indicates the control system is operating. The power
supply/ground to the windlass motor is open, or the motor is puked.
JR

jc wrote:

I have a windlass on my 1997 searay when i try and activate, it makes
a loud click sound, but does not engage either up or down. I also
tryed remote (down only) switch on bow and it does the same thing. I
removed the up/down switch on the dash to check the connections they
are fine. The click sound seemss to be coming from behind the dash.
Do these units have a silanoid or capacitor behind dash that could be



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Or bad solenoid contacts.

On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:37:40 -0700, JR North
wrote:

The click indicates the control system is operating. The power
supply/ground to the windlass motor is open, or the motor is puked.

Or the gear drive is jammed, or the shaft bearings frozen, etc, etc.

Start with the simple things like checking the circuit breaker/fuse to
the windlass motor.