Clearly you two are the most resourceful cruising couple on TH-cam. I mean, wow... no one, and I mean no one, repairs circuit boards at the component level; it's kind of amazing.
Thank you so much Karl! Though it was more of a create your own board than a component level repair this time ;) For us it's both a necessity as we have a really tiny budget and a lot of fun 💜
Thank you! We are trying to show that it is possible and not everything has to be 'new new new' maybe it will encourage people 😊 We have some other electronic projects in the pipeline ( like a diy autopilot, navigation and 'smart boat' systems ) let us know if any of them sound interesting 😉
I had my Torqeedo 1003s repaired by Torqeedo last year. While it still works well, there seems to be an issue with the power button itself. I had trouble at first after the repair last season, but it generally worked the rest of the season when I put it away for winter in December. I couldn't get it to turn on during a trip to Florida in April, but I only tried to use it once. I WD40's the connections, and struggled again back home when I tried again last week. On the 3rd or 4th attempt to power it on it came out. I disconnect the cables each attempt. It ran perfectly for 2 hours, but I could not get it to turn off when I was done. I'm pretty sure the issue is with the power button on the tiller, or something in the path of the wiring to it. The other two identical buttons on the tiller worked perfectly. Could there be a dirty contact or space between the button and the rubber membrane over it? Can the button or switch be cleaned or replaced without replacing the whole tiller, of which I'm not even sure they are available since the 1003 & similar 1103 have now been discontinued. Thanks for any advise. I've really loved the motor for a good decade, but I can't afford to buy a new replacement model. And I spent over $500 on the repair last season repairing it and doing recommended maintenance.
Hi sorry to hear about your troubles. We don't have much experience with fixing the original Torqeedo buttons as we got rid of that part from the very beginning but from our experience with these kind of things in salty environment it is possible either the connections or the button itself might indeed be the culprit. We would suggest thoroughly washing the handle connector especially the socket for it on the battery side though we wouldn't necessarily use wd40 ( we know that's what the Torqueedo suggests) but isopropyl alcohol or even just rubbing alcohol to make sure there is no salt in it as it likes to mess up connections and cause the kind of non consistent problems. If that still doesn't help you might try to resolder the button connections. If that still doesn't solve the problem the button itself might need changing. You should be able to find a micro switch / touch switch on the interwebs they are quite cheap and available in different sizes. Hope that will help. Otherwise you might consider exchanging the whole Torqueedo handle setup for the arduino, esp, 3 phase controller from rc toys and other miscellaneous parts as we did but then it's a bit more work and hustle. Let us know if you managed to solve it fingers crossed it's just some salt on the connector.
i did the same thing with a torqeedo because the windings in the motor burned out.. I didnt reseal it good enough and water came in. the torqeedo people were not helpful and told me to buy a new one.
Spoiler alert been there than that :) In our case it's a controller board and now it will receive a RC model controller soon. About water proofing it, butyl tape rocks !
![Our electric outboard aka ultimately butchered Torquedoo [Q35]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nDgma8-HOAs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Our electric outboard aka ultimately butchered Torquedoo [Q35]](/img/tr.png)
Clearly you two are the most resourceful cruising couple on TH-cam. I mean, wow... no one, and I mean no one, repairs circuit boards at the component level; it's kind of amazing.
Thank you so much Karl! Though it was more of a create your own board than a component level repair this time ;) For us it's both a necessity as we have a really tiny budget and a lot of fun 💜
I admire your resourcefullness and skill. Great to see component level repair instead of repair by replacement of expensive modules.
Thank you very much! We try ;)
Love the Imperial March theme played on the Haqeedo
Thank you! ☺️
Great hack, well done. Not just electric but DIY electric at a component level on a sailboat. Rare.
Thank you! We are trying to show that it is possible and not everything has to be 'new new new' maybe it will encourage people 😊 We have some other electronic projects in the pipeline ( like a diy autopilot, navigation and 'smart boat' systems ) let us know if any of them sound interesting 😉
Loved the vid.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Bravo on the Haqeedo! A first for any sailing channel I've watched (and I watch far too many 😬) Fair winds you two⛵
Thank you so much Michael ❤️
Hi there, Hava a nice DIY 😊 - Ruffalo
Thank you! 😊
in Canada it is "zap straps". My hat off to your skills.
Thank you!
Very cool!
Thank you !😊
This is really cool
Thank you! 😊
👍!!!awesome
Thanks for all your comments Bryren✌️
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you :)
YO, YO, Yoyo jak lutujesz to używaj odrdzewiacza (fosol), śmierdzi 😅 ale szybko i czysto chwyta cyna. Tęsknimy 🥲
Dzięki za podpowiedź mamy topnik więc nie jest źle ale jak gdzieś zobaczymy to będziemy testować 😎 Jak coś zapraszamy w odwiedziny ;)
@@svoiysh odpowiedź Pauliny brzmi "NIE", cytuję "Nie pojadę nigdzie gdzie pająk jest większy niż paznokieć" XD.
@@DrJimBoston Te mniejsze bywają bardziej niebezpieczne poza tym na łódce ich raczej nie ma ;)
I had my Torqeedo 1003s repaired by Torqeedo last year.
While it still works well, there seems to be an issue with the power button itself. I had trouble at first after the repair last season, but it generally worked the rest of the season when I put it away for winter in December.
I couldn't get it to turn on during a trip to Florida in April, but I only tried to use it once. I WD40's the connections, and struggled again back home when I tried again last week. On the 3rd or 4th attempt to power it on it came out. I disconnect the cables each attempt. It ran perfectly for 2 hours, but I could not get it to turn off when I was done.
I'm pretty sure the issue is with the power button on the tiller, or something in the path of the wiring to it. The other two identical buttons on the tiller worked perfectly.
Could there be a dirty contact or space between the button and the rubber membrane over it? Can the button or switch be cleaned or replaced without replacing the whole tiller, of which I'm not even sure they are available since the 1003 & similar 1103 have now been discontinued.
Thanks for any advise. I've really loved the motor for a good decade, but I can't afford to buy a new replacement model. And I spent over $500 on the repair last season repairing it and doing recommended maintenance.
Hi sorry to hear about your troubles.
We don't have much experience with fixing the original Torqeedo buttons as we got rid of that part from the very beginning but from our experience with these kind of things in salty environment it is possible either the connections or the button itself might indeed be the culprit.
We would suggest thoroughly washing the handle connector especially the socket for it on the battery side though we wouldn't necessarily use wd40 ( we know that's what the Torqueedo suggests) but isopropyl alcohol or even just rubbing alcohol to make sure there is no salt in it as it likes to mess up connections and cause the kind of non consistent problems.
If that still doesn't help you might try to resolder the button connections. If that still doesn't solve the problem the button itself might need changing. You should be able to find a micro switch / touch switch on the interwebs they are quite cheap and available in different sizes.
Hope that will help. Otherwise you might consider exchanging the whole Torqueedo handle setup for the arduino, esp, 3 phase controller from rc toys and other miscellaneous parts as we did but then it's a bit more work and hustle.
Let us know if you managed to solve it fingers crossed it's just some salt on the connector.
Love that drill!!! 💜
So do we 😊 Thanks again bro!!!
Strapse. Grüße von der Vanora!
Uuuu nice one and I can add another language to the collection 😀 Thank you!
i did the same thing with a torqeedo because the windings in the motor burned out.. I didnt reseal it good enough and water came in. the torqeedo people were not helpful and told me to buy a new one.
Spoiler alert been there than that :) In our case it's a controller board and now it will receive a RC model controller soon. About water proofing it, butyl tape rocks !