Thread: THOMAS 8000 ELECTRIC WINCH WIRING

Have you found one yet?
If not I will draw a diagram of mine and scan it.
I had one filed somewhere but cant find it at the moment.

Didiman

I have one of these on my 130. If it's the same as mine it has only 2 power terminals on the motor? Mine is permanent magnet field type and the motor polarity is reversed to change direction. Mine was given to me after the 2011 floods and had been under. I tried to persevere with the original 4 solenoids but they would often decide not to work when you need them to. I bought a one piece solenoid pack from ebay for $55 and that did the trick.

Yes its the two post terminal on the motor. Just not sure what part of the solenoids to hook up to the motor and to the battery. Would appreciate the scan if possible Didiman. cheers.. Might also be helpful to others going forward...

OK I will do it tomorrow.

Here is how mine is wired up.
Motor has two posts together and a third a bit further up.

perfect!! thanks very much!! cheers. We will have a working winch tomorrow hopefully

Hmmm thought I had it worked out, but my motor only appears to have two terminals. Will the two leads from the motor hook up as per the diagram to the left side of the solenoids??

Was waiting for this, I thought you had a permanent magnet one...
The top 2 winch terminals in the drawing are the 2 on your winch. The 3rd terminal is not on your winch, but the wire that connects from the solenoid pack to the 3rd terminal connects to earth instead of the 3rd terminal on the winch. Make sure the solenoid pack you have is the same layout as the drawing (you're playing with high current). I can't check on my winch as I threw my old solenoid pack out after I put the one piece one on.