SLEIPNER MIDI-202 DC Electric Windlass Installation Guide

Installation Guide
For DC Electric Windlass Models
MIDI 202
SLEIPNER AS
P.O. Box 519
N-1612 Fredrikstad Norway
www.sleipnergroup.com

Failure to follow the considerations and precautions can cause serious injury, and damage and will render all warranties given by Sleipner Motor as VOID.
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Responsibility of the Installer

The installer must read this document to ensure necessary familiarity with the product before installation.
Instructions in this document cannot be guaranteed to comply with all international and national regulations. It is the responsibility of the installer to follow all applicable international and national regulations when installing Sleipner products. The recommendations given in this document are guidelines ONLY, and Sleipner strongly recommends that advice is obtained from a person familiar with the particular vessel and applicable regulations.
This document contains general installation instructions intended to support experienced installers. If you are not skilled in this type of work, please contact professional installers for assistance. If required by local regulation, electrical work must be done by a licensed professional. Appropriate health and safety procedures must be followed during installation. Faulty installation of Sleipner products will render all warranties given by Sleipner Motor AS.
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Responsibility of the User Operating Windlass

Never use a windlass close to somebody in the water, an unexpected drop of the anchor can cause serious injuries. It is the owner/ captain/ other responsible parties’ full responsibility to assess the risk of any unexpected incidents on the vessel.

• Keep your distance to the windlass, the rope, anchor, and anchor brackets during operation
• Keep the rope/chain(*maxi) under observation during anchor handling.
• Ensure anyone using the windlass knows how to operate it.
• Be aware when the anchor is raised as it can bring unwanted debris up from the bottom, potentially damaging your boat. (NB: If the windlass is straining as the anchor is raised, stop for a few seconds and let the boat pick up momentum before continuing the raise.)
• If the anchor is stuck, release some rope/chain and attach it to a cleat before using the boat to pull the anchor free. The windlass is not designed for loads beyond the specifi ed pull capabilities.
• The anchor MUST ALWAYS be secured to the boat while underway. Use the security line or other means to prevent unintentional anchor drops.
• Turn off the power to the windlass when not in use.
• Children must not operate the windlass.
• Careless use can cause damage or injury!
• Ensure to have good battery capacity, and keep the engine running windlass operation.
• Sleipner Motor AS is not responsible for damage or injury caused by the use of our windlass systems.
• While dropping the anchor, do not push the “UP” button until the anchor is resting at the seabed.
• Always turn the control device off when the thruster is not in use.

MIDI Considerations and Precautions

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Sleipner Engbo MIDI is designed for boats up to approximately 25 feet. These windlasses are true free-fall windlasses and are developed with a new electrical control unit. This new unit is ready for connecting Side-Power remote control and switch panel.
Ensure there is suffi cient weight from the anchor when the windlass is released. The pulling force must overcome any friction/ weight of the rope, chain, and pulley system.
(NB: Over time rope becomes less flexible to bend over sharp turns or bends due to salt/ sand sediments when it drys.)

Windlass Measurements

Measurement code| Measurement description| *MIDI
mm inch
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(a)| Motor diameter| 85| 3.3
H| Total Height| 330| 13
W| Total width| 150| 5.9
L| Total length| 180| 7.1
(b)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 29| 1.14
(c)| Motor bracket attachment diameter| 14| 0.55
(d)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 25| 0.98
(e)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 70| 2.76
(f)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 30| 1.18
(g)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 13| 0.51
(h)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 32.5| 12.8
(i)| Motor bracket attachment diameter| 14| 0.55
(j)| Motor bracket attachment diameter| 11| 0.43
(k)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 42.5| 16.73
(l)| Motor bracket attachment measurements| 43.5| 17.13

Windlass Specifi cations

Technical Specifi cations

Weight: 7.2 kg/12 kg
Breaking load: 1600 daN
Auto Stop:| Yes
Anchor/ weight: (Recommended)| 7.5 – 16kg Bruce, plate or Side-Power
Additional
Equipment:| – Anchor (Multiple types)
– Anchor bracket (Multiple types)
– Mounting brackets
– Battery cable
– Lead rope or chain
– Fuse w/holder
– Hull conduit for rope or chain
– Wireless remote control
– Switch panel
– Cables
– Control box unit

Installation Preparation

IMPORTANT

• Ensure to have all necessary tools ready
• Unpack and organize all components
• Prepare and control the areas where all the different parts can be mounted.
• Follow the mounting instructions
• When winching the rope for the fi rst time after mounting, make sure the rope is tight, so the rope is pulled in correctly.

Placing the parts
You must plan the placement of the following parts:

-Winch/motor
-Brackets for anchor and windlass
-Control-box
-Main switch/ miniature circuit breaker
-Switch panel
-Cables
-Rope guides

General
The windlass should be positioned as high as possible to allow maximum space for the rope that will be stored below the windlass. The height from the bottom of the wall where the rope is stored to the bottom edge of the line wheel should be at least 50 cm, and the area should be at least 40 x 40 cm to allow room for 50 m x 12 mm anchor rope. This will prevent the rope from bunching under the windlass and assure suffi client friction between the gear leg and the rope.

(NB: Remember to attach the end of the rope somewhere inside the boat.)
Anchor bracket
Fit the windlass so the rope is wound up in line with the anchor bracket (see pictures) – numerous different models are available. The anchor bracket is working as a guide for the rope when the anchor is on the seabed and as a “seating point” for the anchor once it has been raised.
Use of anchor bracket
The bracket for the rope must be installed with the rollers outside the platform.
Standard platform roller or hinged platform roller
If the windlass is fi tted low in relation to the bathing platform, so the angle between the bathing platform and the rope is too small,and if you are using a Bruce anchor, use a Side-Power Engbo hinged platform roller.
Hull conduit / Line guide
It will often be necessary to install a hull conduit with a roller that guides the rope with low friction through the hull.

Rope
Side-Power Engbo supplies original woven anchor rope with a lead core. It is supplied in various lengths and dimensions.
Safety line
Once the anchor is seated in the anchor bracket, it must be secured with the safety line supplied.

IMPORTANT
ALWAYS attach a safety line to the anchor while underway.

Windlass Mounting Installation

Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model !

Mounting

• The mounting bracket for MIDI 202 allows for infi nicely variable rotation in relation to the windlass gear leg/motor.
• The bracket for the rope guide and stop sensor can also be rotated independently of the gear leg/ motor and mounting bracket.
• This allows for installing the windlass on surfaces with different angles in relation to the stern. It can be fi tied on the inside of the stern, hanging below the deck or aft of cross bulkheads inside the boat.

1. Position the windlass mounting bracket by loosening the two screws fastening the bracket to the gear housing, rotating the windlass to the correct position, and tightening the screws. (NB: Max. tightening torque 17 Nm.)
2. Adjust the windlass rope guide and stop sensor in a corresponding manner by loosening the screw and fastening it to the gear leg. Rotate the bracket so the rope is guided down and away from bulkheads and components that prevent the rope from coiling correctly below the windlass. (NB: Max. tightening torque 17 Nm.)

(NB: It is important that the rope is wound suffi ciently around the line wheel to ensure a good grip on the rope. See separate section.)
(NB: The ”rope guide” must be located in the center of the line wheel. Also, check this after having tightened the fi xing screw.)

Insert Rope Into The Windlass Line Wheel

! Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model!

1. Insert the rope into the gypsy wheel between the wheel and the rope guide. It may be easier if you bend the tip of the rope guide tab carefully.
2. Route the rope via the gypsy wheel and out through the hole in the rope deflector.
3. When the windlass is connected, the rope can be pulled by pressing down on the up button on the touch panel or remote control.
4. When the tip of the rope has been pulled through the rope deflector, the rest of the rope can be pulled through using the windlass. Ensure the windlass gypsy reels as intended.

IMPORTANT
When pulling in the rope for the fi rst time, you must keep the rope tight, so the roperun correctly. Be careful to avoid injuring fingers. Secure the end of the rope to an appropriate point after threading it through the windlass.

Rope Around The Line Wheel

Ensure the length of the rope that is in contact with the gypsy wheel is sufficient to ensure good engagement/friction with the rope.

The rope comes from above and goes down into the line wheel. In this case, the rope guide must be adjusted to ensure the rope is pushed out horizontally from the windlass.

The rope is always pulled into the windlass from the right. This is because of the direction of rotation for the windlass gypsy wheel.

The mounting bracket for MIDI 202 allows for infinitely variable rotation with the windlass gear leg/ motor.

| Rope direction
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| The bulkhead that the windlass is fastened to.
| Rope guide/ deflector

IMPORTANT
Regardless of how the windlass is fastened to the boat, the angle between where the rope enters and leaves the gypsy wheel must be a maximum of 90 degrees. Ensure there is sufficient room to stow the rope below and next to the windlass.
When pulling in the rope for the first time, you must keep the rope tight, so the rope runs correctly.

IMPORTANT
Ensure the rope travels around the gypsy to allow the teeth to catch the rope.

Rope Clearance

! Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model!
In order for the windlass to function normally, there must be a suffi client volume/ height below the windlass for stowing the rope when the anchor is up.

Recommended minimum height (A) below the windlass as well as width (B) and length (C) of the area used for stowing the rope.

IMPORTANT
In the case of installations where the rope is routed horizontally out of the windlass when the anchor is up, the relationship between A, B and C may vary. It is important that there is a suffi client volume to ensure that the rope is not forced into place below the windlass and cannot easily be pulled out by the line wheel.

Rope Stop Rings for Auto Stop

! Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model!

Under the rope guide, there is an inductive sensor that signals auto-stop when the anchor has been lifted all the way up. To activate the detector, two stop rings (included) are fitied on the rope.
The outer diameter of the stop ring must be as close to the outer diameter of the rope as possible. This is necessary in order for the inductive detector to be able to detect correctly.
In order to place the stop ring at the correct location on the rope, lift the anchor until the thimble eye is 25-50 cm below the rope roller (reel in at slow speed for the last section), and mark the rope with a marker at the location of the inductive sensor. The anchor is then reeled in at low speed to the desired fi final resting position. Mark the rope once more by the detector and fasten the stop rings by the marks.
These stop rings will be exposed to wear by the line wheel, especially during heavy loads, and must therefore be inspected regularly. Replace damaged stop rings if needed.

Recommended tools:

• Keeper ring pliers
• Pliers
• Auto stop rings (steel rings enclosed)

Rope Stop Ring Installation

! Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model!

The enclosed steel rings (auto stop rings) are fitested in the locations where the windlass should slow down and then come to a full stop.

1. Open the stop rings with the keeper ring pliers.
2. Fit the ring over the rope.
3. Use the plier to pull the stop ring into place with the stop ring joint overlapping the opening and the ring fitted tightly around the rope.
4. Force the ends into the rope with the pliers to ensure the stop ring does not slip on the rope. (NB: A fitted stop ring should look like this with closed windings and the ends secured inside the rope.)
5. Stop ring fitted and fastened tightly to the rope. Fasten the other stop ring in the same manner.

Visual Wiring Diagram

Cable sizes A, B, and C: if total length

To change motor direction:
Change cables D1 and D2 in the control unit

Windlass Electrical Installation

! Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model!
All kinds of wiring and electrical fixing must be done with the Main switch/ miniature circuit breaker turned OFF and no battery cables attached.

1. Connecting switch panel 86-08950 or 86-08955

• 1 pcs switch panel

• Cables are optional and come in various lengths.

• The cable is a 4-way Side-Power cable that easily can be attached to contact on the control box unit.

• The cable must be attached to the 150810 contact unit

• 150810 connection to control unit:
  Black to terminal V-
  Blue to the terminal IN
  Grey to terminal OUT
  Red to terminal V+

• See wiring diagram or control panel manuals for more details

• Multiple panels can be fixed to the same control unit.

2. Switch panel 86-00002 (Discontinued)

• The panel comes with a self-adhesive surface, but if you prefer, you can use the corner holes to screw it firmly in position.
• Drill a hole (dia. 18 mm) in the place where the panel is to be fitted.
• Run the panel cable through the hole.
• Remove the protective tape from the rear surface of the panel and fi x the panel firmly to the surface.
• Run the cable to the electronic control box.
• Cut off any surplus cable and strip the ends of the three wires that are to be connected to the terminal clips as described in the connection diagram. (See wiring diagram).

Connecting switch panel 86-00002 (Discontinued)

• The 3-way cable is connected like this:
• White to terminal IN
• Green to terminal OUT
• Brown to terminal V+
• See the wiring diagram for details

3. Connecting the auto stop switch Cables are connected like this:
4: Brown (BN)
5: Black (BK)
6: Blue (BU)

Windlass Electrical Installation

! Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model!
Fitting control unit 150800
The unit is not water resistant or splashproof and must be placed in a dry area close to the windlass motor.
Use ring terminals of good quality with the correct size for the selected battery cables. The bolt hole should be 6mm. Tighten the terminals to a maximum 5Nm. Pay attention to assembling the terminal spacers and washers in the correct order according to fi figure 1.
The unit has mounts that ensure space between the unit and its mounting surface. This is to avoid condensation to enter the unit. It also ensures proper ventilation of the enclosure.
The control unit must be mounted with the cables protruding downwards.

Connecting the motor and battery cables on Midi
Motor for windlass type Midi is delivered with cables fitied to the motor.

• Fit included a copper link(A1-A2 LINK) between Terminal A1 and A2.
• Connect the red cable from the motor to the Terminal marked D1/M+.
• Connect the black cable from the motor to the Terminal marked D2/M-.
• Connect supply cable from the battery negative to the Terminal marked B-.
• Connect supply cable from breaker/ fuse to the Terminal marked B+. Connect breaker/fuse to battery main switch.
• See the complete wiring diagram on page 6 for reference.
• Tighten all terminals properly, including A1 and A2, with a maximum torque of 5Nm. Over-tightening may damage the terminals.
• Leave the breaker/fuse disconnected until the installation is completed.

See the control unit manual for confi during programming and more installation information.

Windlass Circuit Breaker

! Please refer to the graphic for special considerations relating to your model!

Main switch/miniature circuit breaker
119-00015(Midi 100-150A)

• MUST be used at all times in this installation
• Works as both MCB and main switch unit.
• The unit consists of one battery connection and one AUX connection. This is described in the unit. See wiring diagram for correct connection to battery and control box.
• Unit switched ON
• To switch ON, move/press the pin switch upwards.
• Unit switched OFF.
• To switch OFF, press red the button.

WARNING
Improper use or incorrect connection of such high currents components will generate a lot of heat which in the worst case can cause fire.

Post-Installation Checklist

• ………. The bolts holding the windlass to the hull are tightened correctly.
• ………. All bolts holding the windlass components are tightened correctly.
• ……… The end-Stop sensor bolt is tight.
• ………. 2 x stop rings are attached to the rope.
• ………. B+B-A1, A2, D1, and D2 terminals are tight.
• ……… ‘OUT’ button runs the motor for approx. 2 sec, ‘IN’ button runs the motor constantly
• ………. The end of the rope is attached to the boat.
• ………. The anchor tether is in place and adjusted.

The Windlass has been installed as per the instructions in this manual and all points in the checklist above have been controlled.

Signed: …………………………………………………………
Date: ……………………………………………………………..
Thruster type: ………………………………………………….
Serial number:…………………………………………………………….
Date of delivery:……………………………………………………………
Correct drive direction as per control panel: …………………………………….
The compartment for the thruster has been isolated from general bilge water and has no obvious or suspected risks for flooding:

Other comments by the installer: …………………………………………………………….

Service and Support
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Product Spare Parts and Additional Resources
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Warranty Statement

1. Sleipner Motor AS (The “Warrantor”) warrants that the equipment (parts, materials, and embedded software of products) manufactured by the Warrantor is free from defects in workmanship and materials for the purpose for which the equipment is intended and under normal use and service (the “Warranty”).

2. This Warranty is in effect for two years (Leisure Use) or one year (Commercial and other Non-leisure Use) from the date of purchase by the end user (for demonstration vessels, the dealer is deemed as the end-user).

3. This Warranty is transferable and covers the equipment for the specific warranty period.

4. The warranty does not apply to defects or damages caused by faulty installation or hook-up, abuse or misuse of the equipment including exposure to excessive heat, salt or freshwater spray, or water immersion except for equipment specifically designed as waterproof.

5. In case the equipment seems to be defective, the warranty holder (the “Claimant”) must do the following to make a claim:
   (a) Contact the dealer or service center where the equipment was purchased and make the claim. Alternatively, the Claimant can make the claim to a dealer or service center found at www.sleipnergroup.com. The Claimant must present a detailed written statement of the nature and circumstances of the defect, to the best of the Claimant’s knowledge, including product identification and serial nbr., the date and place of purchase, and the name and address of the installer. Proof of purchase date should be included with the claim, to verify that the warranty period has not expired;
   (b) Make the equipment available for troubleshooting and repair, with direct and workable access, including dismantling of furnishings or similar, if any, either at the premises of the Warrantor or an authorized service representative approved by the Warrantor. Equipment can only be returned to the Warrantor or an authorized service representative for repair following a pre-approval by the Warrantor’s Help Desk and if so, with the Return Authorisation Number visible postage/shipping prepaid and at the expense of the Claimant.

6. Examination and handling of the warranty claim:
   (a) If upon the Warrantor’s or authorized service Representative’s examination, the defect is determined to result from defective material or workmanship in the warranty period, the equipment will be repaired or replaced at the Warrantor’s option without charge, and returned to the Purchaser at the Warrantor’s expense. If, on the other hand, the claim is determined to result from circumstances such as described in section 4 above or a result of wear and tear exceeding that for which the equipment is intended (e.g. commercial use of equipment intended for leisure use), the costs for the troubleshooting and repair shall be borne by the Claimant;
   (b) No refund of the purchase price will be granted to the Claimant unless the Warrantor is unable to remedy the defect after having a reasonable number of opportunities to do so. In the event that attempts to remedy the defect have failed, the Claimant may claim a refund of the purchase price, provided that the Claimant submits a statement in writing from a professional boating equipment supplier that the installation instructions of the Installation and Operation Manual have been complied with and that the defect remains.

7. Warranty service shall be performed only by the Warrantor, or an authorized service representative, and any attempt to remedy the defect by anyone else shall render this warranty void.

8. No other warranty is given beyond those described above, implied or otherwise, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose other than the purpose for which the equipment is intended, and any other obligations on the part of the Warrantor or its employees and representatives.

9. There shall be no responsibility or liability whatsoever on the part of the Warrantor or its employees and representatives based on this Warranty for injury to any person or persons or damage to property, loss of income or profit, or any other incidental, consequential or resulting damage or cost claimed to have been incurred through the use or sale of the equipment, including any possible failure or malfunction of the equipment or damages arising from collision with other vessels or objects.

10. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from country to country.

Patents

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Notes…………

© Copyright Sleipner Motor AS, 2021 The information given in the document was correct at the time it was published. However, Sleipner Motor AS can not accept liability for any inaccuracies or omissions it may contain. Continuous product improvement may change the product specifi cations without notice. Therefore, Sleipner Motor AS can not accept liability for any possible differences between the product and the document.

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LEIPNER AS
P.O. Box 519
N-1612 Fredrikstad Norway
www.sleipnergroup.com
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