HydroHoist HarborHoist 4400 User manual

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Damage to your li or vessel can result
from improper inial setup of the system.
Consult a HydroHoist Cered Installer for
inial setup and support
 Installaon and service should be performed by a qualied service professional.
 To avoid the risk of electric shock make sure the control is disconnected from any power supply during
installaon.
 The GFCI supplied with your control is designed for outdoor applicaons but is NOT to be submerged or
directly sprayed with water. Keep the GFCI from being directly sprayed by the exhaust port of the con-
trol.
 Verify that your power receptacle is clean and is supplying between 110VAC –120VAC with at least 15
amps of service.
 Keep children away.
 Do not allow yourself to be distracted or walk away from the li during operaon.
 Do not overload the li. Make sure your boat bilge pump is set for automac. Signicant water accumu-
laon in the bilge may overload the li.
 Make sure any ballast tanks are empty before liing the boat.
 Li is not designed for liing people.
 No persons should be under the boat while it is in the suspended posion.
 Weight must be distributed equally side to side and bow to stern before liing, otherwise the boat will
not center properly and appear to be misaligned on the li.
Symbols:
Informaonal purposes
WARNING

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Control Conguraons
The HarborHoist is a versale boat li system. The control and funconality of this type of
li will vary with capacity. See the table below for the type of control for your li.
Li Capacity Control Conguraon
4400, 6600, 8800 4 Valve
8800 Short, 12000, 15000, 18000, 20000 5 Valve
25000 6 valve
Control Conguraons and Funconality
4 Valve Control
Buon Control:
A: LEVEL - Levels li
B: UP - Raises li
C: STOP - Stops all operaon of li
D: DOWN - Lowers li
LEDs:
A: *Front Port (FP) - valve LED
B: Port (P)
C: Level (L)
D: *Rear Port (RP) - valve LED
E: *Front Starboard (FS) - valve LED
F: Starboard (S)
G: *Rear Starboard (RS) - valve LED
H: Power (PWR)
* Is illuminated when valve is open

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5 & 6 Valve Control
Buon Control:
A: AUX - Puts air in auxiliary tanks only
B: UP - Raises li
C: STOP - Stops all operaon of li
D: Down - Lowers li
LEDs:
A: *Front Port (FP) - valve LED
B: Port (P)
C: Auxiliary (AUX)
D: *Rear Port (RP) - valve LED
E: *Front Starboard (FS) - valve LED
F: Starboard (S)
G: *Rear Starboard (RS) - valve LED
H: Power (PWR)
I: *Auxiliary Tank (AUXT) - valve LED
* Is illuminated when valve is open

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Four Valve Control General Operaon
Familiarize yourself with the Control Box. We have created a simple to use 4 BUTTON user interface con-
sisng of UP, STOP, DOWN, and LEVEL buons. These are the basic funcons for operang the HarborHoist
li. The state-of-the art valve controls and circuitry will insure that your li comes up level each and every
me you li your boat from the water.
Lowering the li:
 Make sure the Power LED is illuminated and ashing
 Press the DOWN buon, this will open the valves
 Allow the li to submerge (walkways will remain above water)
 Une li safety lines from boat
 Board the boat only aer it clears the li
Raising the li:
 Make sure the Power LED is illuminated and ashing
 Float boat into established balanced liing posion on the li
 Tie o safety lines to the boat
 Everyone must exit the boat before liing
 Press UP buon
 Once the li is fully raised, air bubbles will be visible exing from ALL main tanks
 Press STOP on control
Re–level the li:
If for some reason the li should become out of level while in the up posion perform the following:
 Press the LEVEL buon. This will open up the valves necessary and lower the high points of the li to
make it level. The control will shut o once the li is level. You can then proceed with either liing or
lowering the li as desired
 Note: you may want to check for leaks in the air system, this could be the cause of the li becoming un-
level over me.

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Four Valve Control General Operaon
Express Lowering:
This feature lowers the li as fast as possible only when a boat is NOT present on the li or in the rare
stance it goes into safety shut down mode.
 Press DOWN + LEVEL at the same me and hold for 5 seconds
How the leveling sensor controls the li
During the liing or lowering mode the controller will try to keep the li within ±2 degrees of level,
when in this state all valves are open, feeding air to all tanks to give maximum performance.
If the sensor determines it is out by more than ±2 degrees the appropriate logic is applied to valve
conguraon to bring it back into level.
Safety shut down mode
In the rare instance that the li is unable to correct the liing and it becomes out of level by more
than ±10 degrees the li will go into Safety Shut Down Mode. The PORT and STARBOARD LEDs on
the controller will ash back and forth. The control is in a locked-out state.
To UNLOCK 4 Valve CONTROLLER from shut down mode
Push the STOP buon to clear the safety shut down mode. Then press and hold for 5 seconds the
DOWN + LEVEL buon and all valve LEDs will turn on indicang all air valves are open allowing the li
to submerge. When the li is completely submerged you can then re-li the vessel by pressing the
UP buon.
The cause of the li not being able to maintain a level li could be the locaon of vessel.
The vessel may need to be relocated on the li or equipment onboard relocated. See trou-
ble shoong for more details.

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Five and Six Valve Control General Operaon
Familiarize yourself with the Control Box. We have created a simple to use 4 BUTTON user interface con-
sisng of UP, STOP, DOWN, and AUX buons. These are the basic funcons for operang the Har-
borHoist li. The state-of-the-art valve controls and circuitry will insure that your li comes up level each
and every me you li your boat from the water.
Lowering the li:
 Make sure the Power LED is illuminated and ashing
 Press the DOWN buon, this will open the valves
 Allow the li to submerge (walkways will remain above water)
 Une li safety lines from boat
 Board the boat aer the boat clears the li
Raising the li:
 Make sure the Power LED is illuminated and ashing
 Float boat into established balanced liing posion on the li
 Tie o safety lines to the boat
 Everyone must exit the boat before liing
 Press UP buon
 Once the li is fully raised, air bubbles will be visible exing from ALL main tanks
 Press STOP on control
AUX li:
The Aux feature will allow you to ulize the full liing capacity of a li system with auxiliary tanks. By
pushing the AUX buon it will close the main tank air valves and direct all air to the auxiliary tanks allow-
ing them to be emped completely of water, giving you the maximum liing capacity of the system.
The AUX buon should only be ulized when the li has reached full liing capaci-
ty on the main tanks.
 Verify all the main tanks have bubbled out
 Press the AUX buon on the controller
 When the auxiliary tanks have bubbled out press the STOP buon

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Five and Six Valve Control General Operaon
Express Lowering:
This feature lowers the li as fast as possible only when a boat is NOT present on the li or in the rare in-
stance it goes into safety shut down mode.
Press DOWN + AUX at the same me and hold for 5 seconds
How the leveling sensor controls the li
During the liing or lowering mode the controller will try to keep the li within ±2 degrees of level, when
in this state all valves are open feeding air to all tanks to give maximum performance.
If the sensor determines it is out by more than ±2 degrees the appropriate logic is applied to the valve con-
guraon to bring it back into level.
Systems with auxiliary tanks will only ll when the li is within ±2 degrees of level.
Safety shut down mode
In the rare instance that the li is unable to correct the liing and it becomes out of level by more than ±10
degrees the li will go into safety shut down mode. The PORT and STARBOARD LEDs on the controller will
ash back and forth. The control is in a locked-out state.
To UNLOCK 5 & 6 Valve CONTROLLER :
Push the STOP buon to clear the safety shut down mode. Then press and hold for 5 seconds the DOWN
+ AUX buon and all valve LEDs will turn on indicang all air valves are open allowing the li to submerge.
When the li is completely submerged you can then re-li the vessel by pressing the UP buon.
The cause of the li not being able to maintain a level li could be the locaon of vessel. The ves-
sel may need to be relocated on the li or equipment onboard relocated. See troubleshoong
secon for more details.

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Tie O Mooring Informaon
(Mooring ropes not included)
Tie the li o using a e o method similar to mooring a boat in a slip. The goal is to restrain the li as
much as possible but sll leaving enough slack in the lines that the li can sll raise and lower properly.
Use a good mooring rope that has enough strength for the size of boat and li you are installing. Minimum
Rope Dia. of 3/8” for boats up to 25’, 1/2” for boats up to 35’, and 5/8” for boats up to 45’.
There are several variables involved in rope selecon and e of locaons so be sure that you check the
mooring regularly for any changes in rope condion, e o points, etc.
Be sure that all e o points are in good condion and are structurally sound enough to handle the load the
mooring will apply.
Recommended: Double Braid Nylon Dock lines.

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Vessel Loading
 Proper loading of your vessel onto the li is extremely important
 Failure to load properly could cause improper liing of your vessel. Verify that the that the
equipment weight is distributed evenly on the vessel to keep the Center of Buoyancy (CB)
with in manufacture’s limits.
 When loading, the CB of the vessel should with in 1 foot forward or a of the CB of the li.
This should make for a level li. Contact the vessel manufacture for CB of your vessel
 To promote water drainage to the rear of the vessel it is recommended that the vessel CB be a
of the li CB
 Some service vessels which are heavy and short in length and ulize a li with auxiliary tanks
may need to adjust auxiliary tank locaons. Contact customer support or an authorized dealer if
you feel you may have a vessel of this type.
Many of today’s vessels have built in ballast tanks to create addional wake or shing boats
for bait and sh. These should be completely emped before liing the vessel. If not dam-
age could occur to the boat, li or dock.
CB of 4400