Warn M12000 Wiring (1 Viewer)

[woytovich]

I'm going to be fusing my winch and I want to be sure I am understanding WHAT exactly to fuse (please note that my controller box is mounted under my hood.)

If I fuse the positive from the battery to the controller I am good... right? That will protect the wire from the battery to the controller and the wires from the controller to the winch itself... right?

 

[bkfj40]

Yep, you are correct...any idea what size fuse you are gonna have to put in there?

 

[woytovich]

Yep, you are correct...any idea what size fuse you are gonna have to put in there?

Warn states max draw of 440 amps... I am going to use a 500a fuse.

http://www.donrowe.com/accessories/fuse_anl.html

I imagine that the real world draw seldom approaches 440 but I wouldn't want to have the fuse blow during use. The fuse is really for a catastrophic situation where one of the wires shorts to ground - like in a front end impact. I have the wires from the controller box to the winch running through the diagonal x members under the radiator and then up behind the winch mounting plate. it would take quite a bit but if one of those got pinched and shorted it would be certainly ugly.

 

[iptman]

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