Thought I would try to help with an easy to find reference. There are 2 styles of 5 pin sockets in the warn winches. I will explain the differences. I was redoing a 1975 Warn 8274 and converting to the newer 5 pin remote and Albright solenoid. I pulled the Solenoid box off an older Warn HS9500 as it was the only winch in the garage with a remote. Tried to save a few bucks by not buying a socket, remote or solenoid box. I'll fix the HS9500 later.
When I started looking at the wiring of the plug and the colors of the wires in the back of the plug they did not match what I kept finding. So to avoid any confusion I will try and summarize the wiring colors here. The 5 pin wiring is essentially the same across all years of Warn winches however the colors of the wires changed. Below is the summary of the two different 5 pin wiring plugs. The remotes are the same.
Below is wiring summary of the 2 different plugs and where they go on the Albright. If the winch powers in and out backwards, just swap the yellow and blue on the albright. My Albright was not labeled with colors.
Old 5 pin wiring New Pin Wiring
Black = Out Out = White
Red = Ground Motor Ground Motor = Black
Green = In In = Green
Blank Blank
White = Positive + Positive + = Red
Brown = Switched Ground Switched Ground = Brown
Albright Wiring Old 5 pin Albright Wiring New 5 Pin Albright Solenoid
Black/Out White/Out Yellow/Albright (Left or Rt)
Red/- Motor Black/- Ground Motor
Green/In Green/In Blue/Albright (Left or Rt)
Blank Blank N/A
White Red Positive +
Brown/Switched - Brown/Switched - Black/Albright (Middle)
Albright Winch Motor
“A” Albright “A” Winch
“F1” Albright “F1” Winch
“F2” Albright “F2” Winch
Ground Ground
Part #’s that may be helpful
5 wire Remote and socket kit 38625 (both Socket and Remote) $131.00
5 wire socket WARN 39886 (newer wiring colors) $60
5 wire remote 38626 $100
Remote Control Repair Kit Pin Plug (works with these remotes 83665 38626) WARN 14469
WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM Part Number: 90287 $175
Solenoid Albright DC88P-1000 12v HO $75
When I started looking at the wiring of the plug and the colors of the wires in the back of the plug they did not match what I kept finding. So to avoid any confusion I will try and summarize the wiring colors here. The 5 pin wiring is essentially the same across all years of Warn winches however the colors of the wires changed. Below is the summary of the two different 5 pin wiring plugs. The remotes are the same.
Below is wiring summary of the 2 different plugs and where they go on the Albright. If the winch powers in and out backwards, just swap the yellow and blue on the albright. My Albright was not labeled with colors.
Old 5 pin wiring New Pin Wiring
Black = Out Out = White
Red = Ground Motor Ground Motor = Black
Green = In In = Green
Blank Blank
White = Positive + Positive + = Red
Brown = Switched Ground Switched Ground = Brown
Albright Wiring Old 5 pin Albright Wiring New 5 Pin Albright Solenoid
Black/Out White/Out Yellow/Albright (Left or Rt)
Red/- Motor Black/- Ground Motor
Green/In Green/In Blue/Albright (Left or Rt)
Blank Blank N/A
White Red Positive +
Brown/Switched - Brown/Switched - Black/Albright (Middle)
Albright Winch Motor
“A” Albright “A” Winch
“F1” Albright “F1” Winch
“F2” Albright “F2” Winch
Ground Ground
Part #’s that may be helpful
5 wire Remote and socket kit 38625 (both Socket and Remote) $131.00
5 wire socket WARN 39886 (newer wiring colors) $60
5 wire remote 38626 $100
Remote Control Repair Kit Pin Plug (works with these remotes 83665 38626) WARN 14469
WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM Part Number: 90287 $175
Solenoid Albright DC88P-1000 12v HO $75
