Bow Thruster - BENETEAU ANTARES 36 Owner's Manual

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BOW THRUSTER

General points
- The bow-thruster's motor is DC powered.
- The bow-thruster assists with steering the boat when manoeuvering at low speed (picking up a mooring buoy or berthing on a pontoon for instance).
- An operating relay is installed in the circuit.
- A fuse protects the electrical circuit.
- The bow-thruster motor has its own battery bank.
Operation
- Turn on the bow thruster battery switches.
- The engine's positive battery isolator automatically comes on and goes off when the engine is started/stopped. The thruster circuit negative is connected to the boat's general
negative.
- The bow-thruster motor must operate with the boat's engine running.
- A control panel is located in the wheelhouse/on the flybridge.
- To turn the bowthruster on or off, press the red button while holding the joystick pushed to the right for a few seconds.
- When the bow-thruster motor is not in use, switch off the electrical supply both:
- to the control panel,
- and to the switches of the motor's batteries.
Maintenance
- The bow-thruster's motor:
- is lubricated for life and the oil does not require draining;
- must not be dismantled, even partially.
- Regularly check the charge state of the motor's batteries: a loss of voltage will cause premature wearing of the motor's relay contacts and brushes.
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