[Rhodes22-list] OB Motors ( for Rummy)

[Michael D. Weisner]

Lifting knobs, squeezing nuts ... what has become of this list?

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Chris Cowie"  Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:34 PM
> My lift has a little knob on the side but I prefer to squeeze the nuts
> to make it go up and down.
>
> Chris Cowie
> Cowie Associates PC
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2010, at 1:21 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I have Stan's electric lift system and wouldn't trade it for
>> anything. On
>> my model, there is a manual override on the lift motor to allow for
>> manual
>> lowering or raising if necessary. I know this because I installed it
>> myself.
>>  Those that have a factory installation would be lucky if they
>> received an
>> owners  manual or they would never know about it.
>>
>> Rummy
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/22/2010 12:53:12 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> staum at earthlink.net writes:
>>
>> You make  a good arguement for the simple & reliable manual lift
>> system.
>>
>> Stephen Staum
>> '87 R22, Carol Lee
>>
>> Sent from my  iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2010, at 8:52 AM, ftugwell at cox.net wrote:
>>
>> >  On Saturday I was single-handing my Rhodes on the Potomac with good
>> >  winds (around 15 k) and when I decided to return to port, the
>> engine
>> >  would not drop--in fact, nothing happened when I pressed the remote
>> >  (this is new) button to lower the lift.  I called Stan, who went
>> > through
>> > all the alternatives with me: a) checking the  connections on the
>> > busbar
>> > in the laz, and on the  battery; b) reading the instructions to find
>> > the
>> >  release for the motor; and c) in an emergency situation, cutting
>> the
>> >  strap while holding the motor up with a line so that it does not
>> drop.
>> >  We had already determined that there was still power, since my
>> >  instruments were all working.  I was in the middle of the
>> channel  with
>> > lots of boats zooming around and a good wind, so I decided to  go
>> > back to
>> > the marina area and anchor to check things  out.  Since it was
>> > relatively
>> > easy, I did reach in  the laz and, to my surprise, I found a loose
>> nut
>> > connection. (not a  wire nut, just a nut)  After I tightened it, the
>> > motor lift  worked.  Many thanks to Stan for walking me through
>> this on
>> > my  new boat.  An aside: no surveyor will approve a boat for sale
>> if  it
>> > has wire nuts.  these are not for marine  use.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Joe Camp  wrote:
>> >
>> >> Rummy and Chris:
>> >>
>> >>   There seems to be a Freudian undertone in all of this  "nut"
>> >> talk.
>> >> Can we switch to something more  directly phallic, like "raising
>> the
>> >> mast?"  Just a thought,  but let's not hide our true natures...men.
>> >>
>> >>  Joe
>> >> --- On Tue, 6/22/10, R22RumRunner at aol.com   wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com Subject:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] OB
>> Motors (
>> >> for Rummy)
>> >> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> >> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 7:57  AM
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Wire nuts are not for marine use. I  prefer soldered connections
>> with
>> >> shrink tubing and then a layer of  liquid electrical tape. I'm
>> glad we
>> >> dug a little  deeper into  this subject.
>> >>
>> >>  Rummy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> In a message dated 6/21/2010 1:35:40  P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> >> ccowie at cowieassociates.com  writes:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks  for the advice.  The nuts I  was referring to are not the
>> wing
>> >> nuts on the  battery rather  control wires from the outboard lift
>> >> switch have wire nuts  that  seem to come a bit loose every now and
>> >> then.  I  plan to replace them with  a  bette
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