Winch Wiring
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:01 pm
Finally decided to get a proper Winch-guard fabricated -- Fatfab of course
My current Brushguard just can't be adapted without a lot of messy reworking.
Selected the 24V Superwinch 9.5i with Synthetic rope. Being a bit of a paranoid
I will be installing a high quality water prof Cut-off switch on the positive side
mounted near the Ground cut-off switch. Thinking here is that if there was a
hit up front from something sharp resulting in a chassis to Power short I'd have a
quick way to cut power W/O having to cut ground and the running of the
truck -- ya a bit of belts and suspenders.
Question for those who have winches on your Pinz'ies out there, where did
you run Power and Ground and if you placed the controller remote where did
you run these lines (and what did you regret after you did what you did ).
The obvious route would be through the grill to the air tunnel and on to the
cut-off switch and battery box.
I am also tempted to use 4AWG, rather than 2AWG given the lower current of
the 24V 9.5, curious if anyone went with less bulky wire and then had a problem?
Should be fine, but experience trumps V=IR
My current Brushguard just can't be adapted without a lot of messy reworking.
Selected the 24V Superwinch 9.5i with Synthetic rope. Being a bit of a paranoid
I will be installing a high quality water prof Cut-off switch on the positive side
mounted near the Ground cut-off switch. Thinking here is that if there was a
hit up front from something sharp resulting in a chassis to Power short I'd have a
quick way to cut power W/O having to cut ground and the running of the
truck -- ya a bit of belts and suspenders.
Question for those who have winches on your Pinz'ies out there, where did
you run Power and Ground and if you placed the controller remote where did
you run these lines (and what did you regret after you did what you did ).
The obvious route would be through the grill to the air tunnel and on to the
cut-off switch and battery box.
I am also tempted to use 4AWG, rather than 2AWG given the lower current of
the 24V 9.5, curious if anyone went with less bulky wire and then had a problem?
Should be fine, but experience trumps V=IR