Hi all,
I am new here, joined cause I am looking for some advise. I recently got a 2018 Wrangler Sahara, and am setting it up for my use. Which will be a toad behind and motor home and some light off road use. Since when your stuck it is to late to think about a winch, I decided to add one now, I do not think it will get used very often, but you never know. Anyway I bought a cheap winch, (Rugcel 13.5K). It is almost completely installed except the +12 cable to the battery was to short, The ground cable was perfect length. Anyways I am 1 foot away from having a working winch. So now for the questions.
1) put a disconnect in, since I need extra cable length anyways?
2) get a splice crimp and add 1' of cable to the existing power wire (2 gauge I believe, although it is not marked ARG!)?
3) replace entire power cable with a 7' cable that will reach and go direct to battery?
If not using a disconnect should I leave +12 disconnected and pull out a wrench when needed?
I am leaning towards a disconnect, on the 12Volt line and just leaving the ground direct to the battery. That said I was looking at something simple like the Anderson sb175 connector.
Reading the spec sheet, it appears to be rated for 300-400 amps in bursts of say 20 seconds or so, and of course 175 amps continuous. I could just use 1 side of the connector and leave the other side unpinned.
All that said, Tell me what you would recommend for a occasional use winch. Maybe 1 time per year, but who knows.
I am new here, joined cause I am looking for some advise. I recently got a 2018 Wrangler Sahara, and am setting it up for my use. Which will be a toad behind and motor home and some light off road use. Since when your stuck it is to late to think about a winch, I decided to add one now, I do not think it will get used very often, but you never know. Anyway I bought a cheap winch, (Rugcel 13.5K). It is almost completely installed except the +12 cable to the battery was to short, The ground cable was perfect length. Anyways I am 1 foot away from having a working winch. So now for the questions.
1) put a disconnect in, since I need extra cable length anyways?
2) get a splice crimp and add 1' of cable to the existing power wire (2 gauge I believe, although it is not marked ARG!)?
3) replace entire power cable with a 7' cable that will reach and go direct to battery?
If not using a disconnect should I leave +12 disconnected and pull out a wrench when needed?
I am leaning towards a disconnect, on the 12Volt line and just leaving the ground direct to the battery. That said I was looking at something simple like the Anderson sb175 connector.
Reading the spec sheet, it appears to be rated for 300-400 amps in bursts of say 20 seconds or so, and of course 175 amps continuous. I could just use 1 side of the connector and leave the other side unpinned.
All that said, Tell me what you would recommend for a occasional use winch. Maybe 1 time per year, but who knows.
