Electric hose reel help

I know with hannay they want a 40 amp breaker instead of a fuse.

How did you make out with this?

One of the reels is up and running. The solenoid in the other needs replaced. It works when you jump the connections. I am going to try and match it at an auto parts store tomorrow.

Thanks for your help I appreciate it.

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You can always move the known good solenoid to the suspected bad solenoid place and see if it works. If it doesn’t then you know your control wiring should be checked.

When I use pliers to jump the connections on the bad solenoid it drives the motor.

I ended up grounding back to the battery for testing purposes. Is it bad to leave it that way or should I ground to something else? I have a 40 amp inline fuse in place if that makes a difference.

You will be much happier when you take the starters of those reels and make them hand cranks.

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Grounding to the battery is ok, provided you’re using adequate gauge wiring.

I wired everything with 4 gauge. It called for 6 unless you were doing long runs then it called for 4.

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Jumping the connections where the power passes through the solenoid only proves you have power and ground at the motor.

Jumping the connection that activates the solenoid would mean your wiring to the switch or your switch might be bad.

Try googling how to test a solenoid and see if you can follow it. Otherwise switch solenoid and see if the suspected bad solenoid doesn’t work where the other one was working. Or do it the other way. Basically substitute the bad or good component to the other motor and see what it does.

It doesnt matter if you run a ground straight to the battery if it’s not in the way and heavy enough for what you are grounding.

Make sure your fuse is as close to the battery as possible and not by the motor. The fuse has to protect the wiring or else a short could cause it to burn.

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We’ll see man. I’ve had hand crank reels before and didn’t mind them. Thought I’d give these a try and see how I like them. I know my guys will like them not sure how I am going to feel about the up keep though.

Glad to see you are back. I always appreciate your advice.

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4 gauge should be good. I usually wire my dump trailers so that my vehicle charges the battery while i’m towing. You’re pressure washer may charge you’re battery. Not sure of your setup

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I like that. It would charge much better off of the vehicle.

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I love my Hannay electric reels. I never want to go back to hand cranks

Come to Mississippi my son and I are going to to do a Lonesome Dove marathon next week starting with dead mans walk and ending with the streets of Laredo

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Man I loved my electric reels. My other truck for my part time guy has manual reels. He’s always complaining I’m going to have to upgrade them soon.
I ditched the selinoids and 15 amp switch. Mine have one 50 amp button on them and that’s it. They last between 6 months and a year. I keep a few extra on the truck. Takes less than 2 minutes to change.

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I worked for Fairway Lawns for 9 years when i was younger, and we used hannay electric reels without any solonoids, just a 60A button. had mayb one failure a year on 20+ reels.

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I assume a better switch would last longer. I feel like I get my $8 worth out of them

Forgive me if this is a dumb question but I am assuming that positive goes to one terminal and negative to the other. What is the purpose of the solenoid if you can just upgrade to a higher capacity switch?

Sounds to me like the way to go though.

Selinoids are designed for more cycles than a switch. I really good selinoid with a really good switch will last a long time. But will cost you about $200. The ones that come standard are cheap crappy $30 selinoid and $10 switch

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A solenoid transfers a high amount of current to a device by using a small amount of current from a remote switch to operate it.

Another example would be the starter on your truck. It has a built in solenoid so your ignition key switch can use smaller wires to activate the starter solenoid and the battery cables wont have to run from the battery to your ignition switch and then back to the battery. It’s more efficient and safer not to run higher amperage wiring longer than you need too.

It’s a lot to explain but these are the basics.

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