NC 695 windshield wipers

[andro]

My 2019 NC 695 windshield wipers have only 60 degrees wiping angle.
It is a very poor design.
Any body upgraded wiper system? May be a pantograph wipers?
Thanks,

[buff]

Hi,

I think this is normal. My 795 has the same angle. I don’t know why they don’t install the ones which are coming with the 895. It’s big windscreens on these boats.
I was wondering to have bigger ones installed.

Cheers

Buff

[Capt’n Ron]

Buff and Andro, I agree, it seems like the wipers were an after thought and practical use was not a consideration. Whether it be rain or wave wash over the bow the wipers don’t clear the windscreen enough to provide clear vision. 

It will be interesting to see if someone comes up with a solution. I’ve not seriously looked into it, but I was out yesterday in the rain frustrated with the wipers so I‘m going to do a little more digging. 

Good luck!

[andro]

Buff,
Please let us know the specifications of 895 wipers?
Are they good?
Do they have larger wiping angel?
Any idea whether they are replaceable?
Thanks,

[fritz]

I couldn't agree more that the wipers are deficient on the NC 795. To add insult to injury the wiper jets are not pointed properly and are leaking next to the wiper motor on the starboard side. I am hoping to get the later fixed during warranty repairs later this week.

Just one more thing in a long list of things that could have been addressed easily at the factory with a little quality control.

It was really special on our three day trip to the San Juan's when the head's door handle fell off this weekend! 

[andro]

Guys,

What I figured is that the wiper motor on my boat is Roca W12.
You can find information about the motor and how to adjust the angle of rotation.
The motor is capable to wipe from 45 to 110 deg.
The factory default set up is 45 deg. the minimum one.
There is a video on Utube how to install and adjust the wiper arms.
My guess is that the manufacturer in Poland didn't adjust the arms at all.
I will try to do it this week and let you know the results.

Roca W12-installation-instructions.pdf (618.95 KB)

[fredinireland]

My 805 has a Roca motor and it has been replaced as the original was Spanish and black. The other original seems to have rusted up! It does not self park and wipes off the screen to the starboard side. So my Roca is coming off to see why I get sea water through the fitting and to check if the self parking is actually working. The other motor will need replacing so depending on what I find it may be a pair of motors and pantograph wipers. The bills keep coming!!

[Capt’n Ron]

Jul 7, 2020 20:29:30 GMT andro said:

Guys,

What I figured is that the wiper motor on my boat is Roca W12.
You can find information about the motor and how to adjust the angle of rotation.
The motor is capable to wipe from 45 to 110 deg.
The factory default set up is 45 deg. the minimum one.
There is a video on Utube how to install and adjust the wiper arms.
My guess is that the manufacturer in Poland didn't adjust the arms at all.
I will try to do it this week and let you know the results.

Andro, thanks for the great post!

I gave it a go and was able to change the port side from approximately 45 degree to 60, and the starboard side from about 45 to 100 degree. If I went any further than 60 on the port side the wipers would collide and I wanted more coverage on the starboard side for me.

You will need a t20 bit to take the housing cover off and for adjusting the position screws. You will also want a right angle t20 wrench in order to loosen a couple of the housing screws you cant get to straight in (the port side had two screws that were a bear and the starboard was easier). Next, loosen the wiper arm at the base of the wiper with a larger t30 wrench.  Once loosened you need to put the wiper in the up position and pull up to remove and adjust the position as necessary.  On the port side I adjusted it a couple notches to the left facing the windshield.  After I put the arm back on the blade was a couple inches away from the left side of the windshield so I loosened the two screws On the housing and adjust the wiper back to the far side of the windshield and tighten the two screws.  Reassemble the housing covers and you are done!

It took me a few tries on each side before I got it dialed in, but having the wipers cover more area will be nice. I’ll post some pictures later. 

Good luck. 

Cheers,
Ron

[andro]

Great capt. Ron!!!

I also did it for the starboard side today.
I think I got it up to 100 degree.
Please see the two pictures: max right and max left.
I made a movie, but it is 6.5 MB and I couldn't post it.
Just two pictures!
On my boat, the port side hatch doesn't give you an access to one of the screws of the Roca lead.
I will drill a hole in the hatch flange to get access.
It will be invisible after installing the hatch back.
You are right about the potential interference between the two wipers if you go to the max of 110 degree for both.
I just maximized the one for the "driver" side and the "passenger" side will be - still don't know?
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[fredinireland]

Well it seems the MF805 was never wired for 2 speed or self parking as there are only 2 wires from the fuse board. The replacement W12 was installed and the 2 spare wires were cut off. I will rewire with new motors with the required cabling and have fully functioning pantograph wipers if I can get the corroded wipers off the spindles that is. Looks like I may be cutting them off. I think I may have to buy new switches too.

I am a little surprised at Jeanneau cost cutting efforts. My boat is a "special edition" but I have yet to find anything special about it.

[Capt’n Ron]

Jul 8, 2020 23:50:47 GMT Capt’n Ron said:

Jul 7, 2020 20:29:30 GMT andro said:

Guys,

What I figured is that the wiper motor on my boat is Roca W12.
You can find information about the motor and how to adjust the angle of rotation.
The motor is capable to wipe from 45 to 110 deg.
The factory default set up is 45 deg. the minimum one.
There is a video on Utube how to install and adjust the wiper arms.
My guess is that the manufacturer in Poland didn't adjust the arms at all.
I will try to do it this week and let you know the results.

Andro, thanks for the great post!

I gave it a go and was able to change the port side from approximately 45 degree to 60, and the starboard side from about 45 to 100 degree. If I went any further than 60 on the port side the wipers would collide and I wanted more coverage on the starboard side for me.

You will need a t20 bit to take the housing cover off and for adjusting the position screws. You will also want a right angle t20 wrench in order to loosen a couple of the housing screws you cant get to straight in (the port side had two screws that were a bear and the starboard was easier). Next, loosen the wiper arm at the base of the wiper with a larger t30 wrench.  Once loosened you need to put the wiper in the up position and pull up to remove and adjust the position as necessary.  On the port side I adjusted it a couple notches to the left facing the windshield.  After I put the arm back on the blade was a couple inches away from the left side of the windshield so I loosened the two screws On the housing and adjust the wiper back to the far side of the windshield and tighten the two screws.  Reassemble the housing covers and you are done!

It took me a few tries on each side before I got it dialed in, but having the wipers cover more area will be nice. I’ll post some pictures later. 

Good luck. 

Cheers,
Ron

[Capt’n Ron]

I provided the feedback on the wipers to Nick Harvey tonight and he said he will immediately ask the factory to start making the adjustment to the boats coming out of the factory, so thanks everyone for providing your input!

Cheers,
Ron

[andro]

Good job Capt'n Ron!!!

[buff]

Excellent job I would say!

I will try to adjust mine as well. I guess it’s not necessary to install different wipers then. Hope I’ll manage the adjustment...

Cheers

[fritz]

What about hooking the wiper motors together so they work more like a car?

[fritz]

I sent an email off to Roca to see if they had a solution to synchronized the wiper motors. In the mean time I stumbled across a $90 controller from Marinco that will give us synchronization and more.

Dual Speed Wiper Motor Controller, Retail 76080
www.marinco.com/en/76080


Re-clock a wiper motor

[paulmcc]

Great posts.  I've adjusted mine and it took some trial and error but the result is very good.  Full sweep on drivers side and just enough on passenger to stop wiper arms engaging.

[Capt’n Ron]

Hey Paul, good to see your post and I hope you are doing well and still getting plenty of use out of your boat. Having that full sweep on the drivers side is really nice. 

Both Me and Fritz ordered the Marinco controller to sync the wipers and add intermittent controls. We will post the install when we’re done, but I think that will be a nice added feature. 

[fritz]

Roca got back to me today! 

W10-12.Diagram.pdf (222.95 KB)

From Roca:

"Attached is a wiring diagram for connecting 2 or 3 motors to one switch. You must use the diode to prevent the motors from “feeding” each other.

Please note that even if you turn them on with one switch you will not get the synchronization you are looking for. They will most probably be out of sync in just a few sweeps since the sweeps always vary in length and different friction on the windscreen will cause different sweep lengths.

The only way to get full synchronization is to install our wiper control. Se this link.

Please also note that we don’t recommend that you adjust the wipers so that you get overlapping sweep. Even with a wiper control you will risk that the arms crash into each other."

[timbray]

Jul 8, 2020 23:50:47 GMT Capt’n Ron said:

I gave it a go and was able to change the port side from approximately 45 degree to 60, and the starboard side from about 45 to 100 degree. If I went any further than 60 on the port side the wipers would collide and I wanted more coverage on the starboard side for me.

You will need a t20 bit to take the housing cover off and for adjusting the position screws. You will also want a right angle t20 wrench in order to loosen a couple of the housing screws you cant get to straight in (the port side had two screws that were a bear and the starboard was easier). Next, loosen the wiper arm at the base of the wiper with a larger t30 wrench.  Once loosened you need to put the wiper in the up position and pull up to remove and adjust the position as necessary.  On the port side I adjusted it a couple notches to the left facing the windshield.  After I put the arm back on the blade was a couple inches away from the left side of the windshield so I loosened the two screws On the housing and adjust the wiper back to the far side of the windshield and tighten the two screws.  Reassemble the housing covers and you are done!

It took me a few tries on each side before I got it dialed in, but having the wipers cover more area will be nice. I’ll post some pictures later. 

Hey Cap'n Ron thanks for the instructions! I'm just getting ready to do this on my 795.  By the way, for anyone else, here are two pretty decent YouTubes that provide details:  and 

A couple of things: They use Torx wrenches not Allen-key; I think I'm going to go get the right size Torx because the bolt-heads are Torx and look kind of delicate… will report back.   Also they don't seem to need to loosen the big hex bolt on the wiper with the T30, they just pulled it over, in that 2nd video.

[robert1]

I am very happy with the MOFEEZ windshield cover. It fits perfectly on our RV Ford 450 Chassis. I was surprised that the material is thicker than I thought it would be and seems to be made very well. Fit the window perfect and I am 5'3" and I did not have a hard time getting it on myself. I recommend this product is just what I needed.

[ghs]

I have a new 795 Series 2 and am very surprised that the windshield wipers do not cover the entire front windshield - - my bad for not checking it out, but I am a first time boat owner and relied on my seller to tell me the pros/cons of the boat.

So, any thoughts on how to correct or why Jeanneau missed the wiper memo?


Also, how com the boat does not come with sun visors?  I have ordered a suction cup stick on visor and will see how it works.  Again, how did Jeanneau miss the memo?


GHS    

[ghs]

Also, the boat did not come with a gavlanic isolator which is now required by my marina and many other marinas.  My th ought that Jeanneay should offer it as an option or at least an ooption from the dealer.  I now have added it at a cost of over $500 CAD.