I bought the winch control panel from 12volt guy for my 8274. The push button switches are working correctly. I used a test light to see which terminals of the winch where used for in and out and attached the two wires from the switch panel to these two terminals, but when I try to use the switch panel I get nothing, no in or out. Suggestions? What am I missing? In the picture the two yellow connectors are the two wires coming from the panel buttons.
Bkdraft, I had the same problem. 12 Volt guy was no help. Sent him pics of my connections with no help. The ground was the problem on my WARN 8000S. Try switching the left bottom ground with the yellow terminal to the upper right connections. If that doesn't work will get you a pic later on. It was definitely the ground on mine. Let me know.
I do not have a ground coming from the switch, only the two hot, in and out. I saw a post he made on one of the pages that stated the 8274 had to have 3 wires, but do not understand what the ground wire would do. Its just a ground at the switch, just dont understand why it would need to run all the way to the winch?
I do not have a ground coming from the switch, only the two hot, in and out. I saw a post he made on one of the pages that stated the 8274 had to have 3 wires, but do not understand what the ground wire would do. Its just a ground at the switch, just dont understand why it would need to run all the way to the winch?
Here's a pic. Notice where the brown wire is connected. Red wire on the right is the "out" and the green is the "in". I remember the info. stated by 12 Volt guy. Again, mine is a WARN 8000S. Hope this helps. It took me awhile to get it to work. Kinda hit and miss.
Here's a pic. Notice where the brown wire is connected. Red wire on the right is the "out" and the green is the "in". I remember the info. stated by 12 Volt guy. Again, mine is a WARN 8000S. Hope this helps. It took me awhile to get it to work. Kinda hit and miss.
The problem was that a modern solenoid pack with a 5 wire controller, actually switches the ground leg of the control circuit too-at the same instant it's switching the +12v. THat's a safety feature that prevents tampering - ie paperclip activation of the winch and either burning it up or using the cable to crush your truck.
The proper fix for this is to change out the switch that 12voltguy supplies to a double pole, single throw, switch. You can get these on Amazon or Ace hardware. IT's the same physical size as the 12voltguy switch just with a couple of extra wire terminals. Then you can duplicate the factory winch wiring in your in dash switch. Works a charm. 12voltguy should understand this, but apparently does not. The 12volt guy switch works perfectly with a 3 wire controller.
I think it's good, but you've defeated the original intention of that circuit--ie bypassed the switched ground. I think from the inside of the cab, the safety feature is gone, but from the box itself with the hand held controller, you are likely OK. Does the winch still work with the hand held controller?
