Respooling the line onto the drum

After the drum limit and line length are set, respool the line.

Make sure that the line is tensioned during spooling.

Steps

  1. Go to the Manual tab and click Wind in. Spool most of the line onto the drum, ensuring tension during spooling.

    Leave enough line unspooled to be able to feed it through the sheave unit.
    respool wind in

    If you click once, the line will wind in bit by bit with each click. This is a safety feature which mimics how the handheld remote control unit operates.
    If you click and hold, the line will run in continuously until you let go of the button.

    When using manual buttons, the winch moves at a constant speed. Stop winding in when the end of the line is close. Otherwise, the winch will feed the line into the drum and you will have to retrieve it.

  2. Feed the line through the sheave: through the fairhead on the top of the unit, to the wheel, between the tensioner rollers, out of the bell mouth.

    respool line

  3. Shackle a weight to the end of the line.

  1. Click Pay out. Unspool the entire length of the line into the water.
    If you click once, the line will pay out bit by bit with each click.
    If you click and hold, the line will run in continuously at the pay-out speed until it stops at the limit switch position.
    The Status will indicate, "Line fully paid out".
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  1. Click Wind in. Spool all the line back onto the drum, ensuring tension during spooling, until it stops.
    The Status will indicate, "Instrument in bell mouth".
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The line is ready for use.