so 3 jumpers 10 guage between 3 reels,
then my bottom reel I am going to put 6 gauge, for the source of power, run that from the reel to a 40 amp circuit breaker to the battery.
is that correct? was not sure if using the smaller gauge jumpers would make the 40 amp circuit breaker worthless??
thanks
I’m pretty sure the instructions that came with the Titans said 6 gauge wire and the same for the Hannays
Your reels should have come with a manual. My Hannay’s said 10 gauge for wiring, plus that’s the gauge of the wires coming off of the motor, but once you start doing parallels and series and doing amp configurations, I’m ignorant to that. So, I’ll let another person chime in for configurations.
LOL Dustin - you need to read your manual closer - see 1st page - 'Wiring the Reels" - says #6 should be enough, but you may want #4". They even bold it for you.
I promise I’m not crazy! I’ll post the paper I got with the reel tonight when I’m back. It’s also online somewhere, I’ll post it soon
Hannays say 10 gauge on one form and 6 on another. I e-mailed Hannay and the tech said 10 gauge minimum. I emailed a follow-up question and again 10 gauge. A couple weeks later I sent a new help request and that guy said 6 and attached paperwork were it says 6 gauge. I’m going with 6.
No matter to me. But if you look around online some stories of some with 10 melting down. If a real short run may be ok. But why take the chance.
Here we go, sorry it’s late
If you look at the motor on your hannay, find the model number and reference it with this chart from hannay. it will say the gauge wire size for that motor model. I have the AN227 model and it tells me 10 gauge so I just followed that
@DJPWS we have the same reels. 10 awg is ok up to 6’. After 6’ you should have 8 awg and after 15’ it should be 6 awg to account for voltage drop. This is based on 40 amps. Our reels are 35 amps so you could be ok with 10 on a run up to 10’. I am putting 6 awg just to be safe because I have a 12, run from busbar to motor. I’m trying to attach a wiring chart but it blurs when I post it.
Good chart!
Are you planning on running all of your reels at the same time? If so, that affects the sizing of your supply line to your reels, as your chart shows. If you run 4 reels simultaneously, you will be drawing 140 amps, and should size your wire accordingly.
I’ll operate one reel at a time. I’m a one man operation
One of you should just call Hannay and ask them. Their intructions looking at that chart a little confusing and doesn’t take distance into account. Yet on the front page that seem pretty general what they thought you should run.
just running one reel at a time I am blowing the fuse instantly ?? any ideas
40 a fuse next to the battery
thanks
How is it grounded?
I emailed Hannay 3 times with similar questions. First guy got 2 of my questions about wiring and he said 10 awg noth times. I changed my email and sent a new request in and got a different guy. He said 6 awg and sent me a pic (below) of the directions that said 6 awg.
I’ve been emailing and talking to techs from several companies while I’ve been building my trailer. I’ve to realize they don’t know squat. If it’s not on a piece of paper they can read from they can’t help.
Do you have battery charged? Low voltage will draw more amps and sometimes kill fuse
On that chart i sent you there is a 6 awg option for a 12v motor. But you cant go wrong with going with 6 awg vs 10.
