by MichaelJ2K » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:13 pm
The Sail Engineering winch is an industrial servo motor that was made proportional. Earlier versions used micro switches for stops, the transmitter winch stick is spring centered and was "pulsed" to position the sails. It is designed to run on 6 to 12 volts. Mostly, they were used in the A and J classes so for a big boat, carrying that kind of weight is not a problem. For an EC12, it's overkill. I had a couple of these in my A's. There is a value to the SE winch so don't toss it![:D]
Stick with separate power sources; 12 volts for your winch and the normal 4.8 volt pack for your radio.