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Yup, freshly recon'd 12 volt motor ....

They also have an ISX on the shelf in the parts room (about 10 feet off the floor!) :hillbilly:
 
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I would do a voting deal but don't want to start a new thread.

If your daily driver has a winch, do you leave it hot all the time or disconnect it so it can't be tampered with?
 
I leave mine disconnected. I keep the negative side hooked and use a wing nut to connect the positive when I go off-road. Though I will say that I only started doing that within the last couple of years. I used to keep them hooked up full time and never had a problem that way either. Don't think it really matters...at least not in my personal experience.
 
I keep mine disconnected and use one of these

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This set up also allows for other 12V items to be plugged in as well.
 
mine was always connected and never had a problem. But without the controller the most anyone could have done anyway would be to free spool it out.
 
If a winch is plugged in you can operate it with a couple of paper clips used in the controller plug in port. There is a pic floating around some where of a Jeep that someone pulled out the cable up and over the top and attached to rear bumper then operated. It crushed a lot of Jeep parts.

eventually I will hook mine up like I have in the past with a solenoid operated by a switch in the cab. That way the only live power will be the lead from batt to solenoid.
 
NCFJ said:
If a winch is plugged in you can operate it with a couple of paper clips used in the controller plug in port. There is a pic floating around some where of a Jeep that someone pulled out the cable up and over the top and attached to rear bumper then operated. It crushed a lot of Jeep parts.

eventually I will hook mine up like I have in the past with a solenoid operated by a switch in the cab. That way the only live power will be the lead from batt to solenoid.
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Here was my concern. The very thing no one would have dreamed about 20 years ago and the very thing kids would now think of as Saturday night fun.

The answer I'm considering is a HD marine switch under the hood. Good for 600 Amps continuous and 900 intermittent (5 minutes). I just wasn't able to talk myself into dropping another $70 at the moment.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Systems-Battery-Switch/dp/B000MMDLB6/?tag=ihco-20


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Warn makes a very nice interrupter kit with a continuous duty solenoid that I have used in the past. I need to add one to the 73.

About 20 years go, I witnessed the solenoids on a Warn 9,000 point winch stick in the in position while on a hard pull. The pandemonium that ensued brings a laugh now, but it was serious chit then. Almost had a couple of folks seriously hurt and only quick work with a pair of bolt cutters on the power lead averted disaster. The remote solenoid is a great way positively shut off the power to the winch.
 
I had the very same set up on my FJC and plan to use it again on our current 80 when I get around to it. See post #286
I have never seen a winch get stuck in the on position but has to be pretty scary indeed.
 
I have never seen it happen either, however, I find it easy to believe the current these pull under load would have no trouble fusing solenoid contacts together.
 
Good deal. Early XD9000i's were subject to the type of failure I saw. I think this is why Warn switched from a three prong control (switching only the hot) to one that switches both the hot and the ground ....
 
I personally know of at least seven or eight that have had this issue.

I have not had this issue on the two examples of this model that I have owned
 
Even without a possible "fused in the on position" issue it only makes sense to have some form of "master off" out of concern someone may try to hotwire it. Even if, like many of us, that simply means pulling the cable off at the batt until needed or until you hit the trail. That said, in the event there was a "stuck on" situation I would much prefer throw a switch than have to raise the hood and remove a super hot battery cable.
 
100 amp won't cut it. Check the specs on your winch, but many will pull close to 400 amps

On edit .... this came across as pretty short ... sure did not mean it that way.
 
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elkaholic said:
100 amp won't cut it. Check the specs on your winch, but many will pull close to 400 amps
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Ha! And a great new calculation is born for my students next year. Thanks man.
 
HA. Didn't think of that. Good thing I don't own a winch yet!
 
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