make a Haswing 30 remote controlled?

[bjornbulhoff]

Hi everybody,
maybe somebody here knows or even has tried. How are the cheap trolling engines actually wired through the shaft with the controller on top? Are there only going + and - going down to the engine? Am thinking about mounting a Haswing Osapian 30 for trolling beside my 25 hp Tohatsu for trolling. Since the Tohatsu is remote controlled and has a long shaft also I should use short shaft it has a very rudder effect, so I am thinking if it might be possible to just take of the top part of the Haswing, mount it into my steering console, and mount the engine Beside the Tohatsu and just adjust it so it pushes the boat straight, connect the cables and so can adjust the speed from the steering and use the smoker as rudder. Anybody tried that before? Anybody here who knows how many cables go down in the shaft and knows which are for what and if it will be possible to just longer them? Thanks for help.

 

[Silvertip]

How many wires pass down the shaft has lots of variables. How old the motor is, what controls are available beside speed, etc. In your project however it shouldn't matter how many wires there are. Remove the head from the shaft, relocate it where needed, cut the wires passing between the head and the motor and lengthen them as needed.

 

[bjornbulhoff]

It's gonna be a brand new motor with 5 speed forward and 3 backwards. Have just seen that on the wiring diagrams, which I now found on the web, that it might be four cables going down. Would be nice to know what they are for, so I knew which size of cable needs to be used. Since I guess that engine has brushes it should normally only have two for power, but nonetheless would be nice to know what the two others are for to not raising the resistance by underdimensioning them and so maybe constructing some trouble. ;-)

 

[NYBo]

They go to different spots on the motor windings to provide the different speeds.

 

[glenn property of pam]

like nybo said it a mixture of wires that gives you speed control. One speed is easy but full control will require all the wire.

 

[Silvertip]

Just buy whatever size wire that is currently used in the motor. However, since you are extending the wires, one size bigger would be advantageous to cut voltage drop.