[C320-list] E-T-A circuit breaker for Anchor Windlass - Push-Pull Actuator?

[Graeme Clark]

Troy

Seems our hulls have different fits! My windlass breaker IS by the 1-2-Both-Off switch! 
The cable runs from there to the windlass and it’s the GROUND cable that runs from
the windlass back to the battery
Guess they changed it on later models!
Graeme
Hull 366

Sent from my phone. Excuse typos! 

> On 17 Sep 2020, at 23:35, Troy Dunn <troutwarrior at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The circuit breaker is where it is because Catalina wired it directly to
> the forward battery.   Putting the breaker in that location minimizes the
> run of wire from just the breaker up to the windlass...call it ten feet I
> reckon.   IF they did it “the anticipated way” they would have had to run a
> wire from where the combine switch is generally located.   On my hull
> that’s forward of the galley on the port side.   Bigger run which may have
> even required an even bigger (lower gauge)  wire.
> 
> This is something you need to pay attention to if you take an extended
> anchoring cruise with the OEM wiring because IF you are using the aft
> battery for your house bank at anchor and forget to switch to BOTH when
> using the engine, then use of the windlass could be draining your forward
> battery and you will not have it in reserve when you need it.  Having said
> that, if you have the factory configuration it’s probably wise to just run
> off the forward bank as your house and use the windlass only when the
> engine is running.   This avoids needing to throw the BOTH switch every day.
> 
> FWIW
> 
> Troy Dunn
> Hull#514