Hey guys I want to mount my winch on the truck but I was given it without any control box. Anyone knows what type of winch is and what box do I need?
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Probably any manufacturer's or aftermarket box will work as long as it's 12v and not for an ATV winch. Get yourself an Albright (or clone) controller and go from there.
Just notice your overseas. I might be a 24v winch. Check on any labels to see what the voltage is.
Just notice your overseas. I might be a 24v winch. Check on any labels to see what the voltage is.
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Thanks for the reply. The winch is 12V.
Do you think one of these will work ?
Heavy Duty Solenoid: 12vDC, DC88-499PL
Do you think one of these will work ?
Heavy Duty Solenoid: 12vDC, DC88-499PL
Don't see why it wouldn't. Mount it under the hood.
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Will do mate. Something that troubles me is that most winches have 4 ports i.e: F1, F2, Ground and one named "A". On my winch I see only two ports F1 and F2 and I can get a Ground from anywhere on the casing. Any idea what the other port is ? Are there winches that don't have it?
Don't know, but before long few experienced members should chime in.
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Anyone has any thoughts on this?
Im thinking its just a bit of a cheapy winch, and the motor manufacturer took the easy way out. If you can get it to work fine one way or another, maybe test it out at home before you need it on a couple long pulls, and if it works, use it just like that.
It looks like an older Runva winch. I am going to guess from your post above about having only F1 and F2 that it is a two-post permanent magnet motor. What that means is that all that is necessary to run the winch is battery voltage to be applied to the two terminals. One way is forward, reversing the leads reverses the winch motor rotation. This is the "old" way of doing things. The field is permanent and provided by two very large magnets that are inside the motor case.
Modern winches are typically series-wound where the field is electrically applied and part of the motor circuit (that is why there are three terminals). F1 and F2 are the field, A and Gnd are for the armature. Reversing the field on a series-wound motor results in reversing the motor rotation.
To answer your question about what you need to control the winch, you can use the same contactors and control boxes that everyone uses on series-wound motors. You will just connect the leads to it differently as you will bring both the battery leads to the controller instead of just the positive lead (and using a separate ground path). Since you do not have a remote you will probably be purchasing an entire control pack so once you pick one we can help you figure out how to hook it up.
Modern winches are typically series-wound where the field is electrically applied and part of the motor circuit (that is why there are three terminals). F1 and F2 are the field, A and Gnd are for the armature. Reversing the field on a series-wound motor results in reversing the motor rotation.
To answer your question about what you need to control the winch, you can use the same contactors and control boxes that everyone uses on series-wound motors. You will just connect the leads to it differently as you will bring both the battery leads to the controller instead of just the positive lead (and using a separate ground path). Since you do not have a remote you will probably be purchasing an entire control pack so once you pick one we can help you figure out how to hook it up.
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