Roel
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I thought overheating the rope was only an issue when letting somebody down a hill. But will the drum get also very hot when whinching up a hill? I know the motor does. Roel
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Bodsy
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The drum will get hot winching up or down hill from the heat from the motor generated through pulling or resistant ascent.  Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 17th Oct 2008 10:04 am |
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CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
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Bodsy wrote:The drum will get hot winching up or down hill from the heat from the motor generated through pulling or resistant ascent.
Main issue from heat is lowering out when the brake acts on the drum itself. The better winches (Superwinch etc) have the brake acting on the gearing and not the drum, this stops the excessive heat build up
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| 17th Oct 2008 5:48 pm |
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Wex
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sideview wrote:I have thermoplastic (Delrin) fairlead rollers which are designed for synthetic lines
Have you ever had any issues with the line snagging in the roller corners Tammy and does your winch use gear braking or drum braking as CFB mentions above ?
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| 17th Oct 2008 6:11 pm |
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sideview
Member Since: 02 Dec 2006
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Haven't had any issues with snagging or anything Wex. All the edges and surface are smooth so that could account for it. My winch has the gearbox braking (superwinch ep9). I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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| 17th Oct 2008 7:38 pm |
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Tim in Scotland
Member Since: 27 Jun 2005
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And you should never use a Plasma rope through a fairlead that has ever had a wire used through it. Wires can cut almost invisible grooves in a fairlead leaving sharp edges that will cut your plasma very quickly.
We use Dynema based ropes on my ship we have designated fairleads for them so there is no chance any towing wire can be used through the same lead for a rope. BTW our Dynema ropes come in at £20k a pop for a 220m length of 40mm rope and we have 10 of those! http://containerinfo.co.ohost.de/vessel_9299927.html
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| 17th Oct 2008 7:42 pm |
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simon_arch1
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Definitely use a hawse fairlead with "plasma" - while you might get away with rollers for a long time, the risk is there to damage the rope...
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