Winch Disconnect?? (2 Viewers)

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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'd do it properly with a heavy duty switch. 500A 12V switches are pretty cheap. That way you have power to the winch by the flick of a (very large and probably not accessible from the cab) switch, but also don't have to worry about corroded contacts or short circuits when you're not using it.
 
Another vote for a disconnect. I used a Flaming River with a padlock.

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If it was me, I’d do a disconnect. I wired my winch up with one that can be triggered by a toggle switch in the cab. I did this as when I was younger I had a battery cable from my winch short after a crash and fill the cab with smoke. This is the one I used.



I have one of these that cuts off power to both my front and rear winches as well as an auxiliary Anderson connector on my rear bumper for heavy duty jumper cables.

I also have a manual Blue Sea Marine switch wired in parallel just in case the solenoid were to ever fail


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