Emergency engine hatch only works 1 way

SpyderwebSpyderweb Member Posts: 879 ✭✭✭
Been reading on here how on some of our boats, jumping the 2 studs with a battery will both open and close the engine hatch.  On others it will only open.  So finally got around to checking mine, and it only opens the hatch.  I understand there are several scenarios where the override is useful, but to me, one big one was you could take your batteries out at the the end of the season, close the hatch with the jumper, shrink wrap the boat.  Come back in spring with batteries all charged from home, attach jumper, open hatch and reinstall batteries.  Those of us with systems that only open the hatch, could never do this.  There’s no way to close the hatch.

Why on earth would you have a system that only goes 1 way?  Am I missing something?

By the way, I tried reversing the cable, using panel switch, nothing.  

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