Thread: Winch goes mad

wireless remote s a good idea...it allows you stay right back out of the way during winching.......



but i would think an isolator switch to disconnect the power would be important.....
be it wireless remote or otherwise......

spooling the cable out and over the vehicle is an old not-so-funny joke.....
and all thats required is a paperclip in the terminals instead of the remote.....
hence why its important to have an isolator switch........

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Is a cut off switch what i think it is: a switch that detects the end of the cable and STOPS? If so, i can't see why every winch doesn't have that.

An isolator switch would be pretty obvious thing to have i would think, but what do people do with these - turn it on when your stuck and off again when your out? Leave it on for the rest of the day? Turn it on when you leave to go on a 4x4 outing?

The idea of a remote operating another winch is quite amusing (until someone gets hurt, like every other amusing thing).

I saw the offending winch today: bullbar isn't too bad, but the rollers are all over the place, the cable looks pretty bad too.

If i was the shop owner, i'd be questioning whether it was the operators fault instead of saying "never heard of that happening, here's a new one and a bullbar to match".

I was talking about a battery cut off swtich or as you say An isolator switch .
Every winch sould have one

Ali