Thread: wiring up a winch

Hey crump,i'm in the same boat. Wondering if i should connect straight to the battery or maybe use one of those red cut off switches or maybe even anderson plugs so i can disconnect it when not in use.

Yeh,yeh thats exactly what I was thinking, what a dilema.(pssstt anyone know whats an Anderson plug??? I dont want to look stupid.) ops: ops:

google it. Better explanation than I can give.

Trev.

Originally posted by loanrangie
Wondering if i should connect straight to the battery or maybe use ....................... or maybe even anderson plugs so i can disconnect it when not in use.

I may well stand corrected .. usually am :roll: :roll:

But I very much doubt Anderson plugs can handle in the order of 300A 8O 8O

Cheers

Rosco

Pretty simple to wire a winch up, only two wires (but big buggers) make sure you use good quality cable.

I wired mine through an isolator with both +ve & -ve back to the battery, not sure about the anderson plug though I think one that could handle the winch stall current (plus some reserve) would be a bit prohibitive size wise.


Bushie

Warn use anderson plugs in their Portable winch series (hook into a haymanreese tow hitch)

From memory they were about 9000lbs so are of reasonable capacity.
So they must be out there.

Im looking for a large anderson plug but to use it for a different purpose (Portable LONG jumper leads )

Dave.

Anderson plugs are used on electric forklifts with big batteries , what would be the best way to isolate power to the winch when not in use ? Can you use those big big relay type solenoids that are used in simple dual battery setups ?

I just googled anderson plugs and they come in 350a models - 12 volt shop in WA.

Originally posted by crump
Yeh,yeh thats exactly what I was thinking, what a dilema.(pssstt anyone know whats an Anderson plug??? I dont want to look stupid.) ops: ops:

go to http://www.jaycar.com.au and enter Anderson as the keyword. Scroll to the bottom of the resulting page.

Ron