Better way to control a hoist?

Other Hardware Motors, Mechanics, Power and CNC
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So i have found a way for arduino to control my hoist. but is there an better / easy way then what i have done?

On the picture you can see that i have taken 4 wires with 2 cables in eatch, and then use a relay to connect / cut the connection of first 1, hoist down and 2, hoist up.

I cant connect the 2 sides to 1set of cables as the hoist just sound wired and dont run, so right now im using 4 relays and 8wires to control it. :frowning:

Is there a better way?

What you see on the picture is the handle with the push up and down button.

Hope there is some good ideas out there, thanks.

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Cannot comprehend your circuitry from your description. There is no picture. Need to see your schematic.

  • Scotty
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I have now added a picture of the print. on button press it will set output for relay 1and 2 for 2000ms and then wait 2000ms and then relay 3and 4 for 2000ms.

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What current would your motor be drawing under full load?

What relays are you using?

4 wires with 2 cables in eatch

Does that mean you have 4 cables with 2 wires in each?

Is the brown square with the NC markings the switch that is normally used to control the winch?

  • Scotty
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He's trying to emulate a DPDT switch using SPST relays. It's just a hoist; the switch allows it to reverse the current to the motor -- forward, off, reverse.

It can also be done with three SPST relays but I dunno if that's any better or worse than what you have.