winch hookup

[jinzuke]

Hey guys I have the winch and bumper now I just don't know which battery to hook it up to and do i need a fuse. its a 8274 warn

 

[asutherland]

Hey man, congrats... that's great. You should be hooking it to the main battery (the one that isn't covered) which is on your driver side (ie. right side)

Enigma from CC should be able to give you more info... I believe he has one. So does Daryl: https://forum.ih8mud.com/ca-bc-coastal-cruisers/462711-hdj81-8274-bumper-cruisinoffroad.html

 

[Toshi38]

just hook it up no fuse needed.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

None needed until the winch motor fries and melts down your battery terminals, I think Jay has some first hand advice on the winch hook up to battery.

Although I have never run a fuse, after jays story, I would definitely run some kind of breaker or fuse...


Rob

 

[seapotato]

if one was to run a fuse/breaker, what size would you want for a winch?

Had my solenoid stick on while spooling on the wire, right at the end when I was tightening the hook onto something, so it hauled the cable tight as f@@ while I scrambled to unhook the cable.


Be nice to have some sorta quick switch to throw or unplug when something like that happens.

 

[wussyPup]

if one was to run a fuse/breaker, what size would you want for a winch?

I would not use less than 500 amp fuse or switch for a winch. The 8274-50 is rated to use up to 450 amps.

warning: all web-learning, no practical experience to justify my opinion

 

[seapotato]

Yeah I probably wont bother with a fuse...too $$$ and not quite how I want it now that I thunk on it...

I used to have a battery switch on my other trucks, but it was still under the hood and took a bit to get to. Spose I could mount one so its accessible under the fender...

Need some way to shut the sucker off if the solenoids stick again.

 

[wussyPup]

something like
Knife Switch
on the inside, with a safety, pull cord attached that is reachable from the outside.

Open the hood to arm the winch circuit - pull the cord to disconnect in a panic

 

[seapotato]

Yeah that's not bad at all...cool website.

The old warn bellvues had some sort of cable operated switch on them. I'll have to dig and see what they looked like.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Coool link Sweet 16 - Page 6 - Pirate4x4.Com some electrical that might apply..


Edit, switchable breakers for the winch...