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 i
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> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> Thi
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