Nope — it’s FOUR wires: two drive wires, and two clutch wires. The drive wires
are the high-load ones, and go to the pump motor; reversing the polarity on
them runs the pump in the other direction. The clutch wires can be small
(12-14AWG) and engage/disengage the drive when you put the pilot into/out of
control.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI
> On Jun 23, 2016, at 10:59 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
> Fred, you there?
>
> Should be 3 wires - port starboard, neutral (I think)
>
> I have the EV 200 on my Hylas 44. Great unit, but Jake steers a better
> course downwind in quartering seas!
>
> Joel
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List
> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> This weekend, hopefully, I’m planning to connect my old Octopus Linear Drive
> to a brand new Raymarine EV200 Autopilot. Is anyone familiar with the Octopus
> drive and its wiring, or have a link to a wiring manual? Is it just two wires
> or is there more to it?
>
> By the way, we’ll be naming the autopilot the Steering Using Linear Utility,
> or, you know, SULU.
>
> All the best,
>
> Edd
>
>
> Edd M. Schillay
> Starship Enterprise
> C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
> City Island, NY
> Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
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