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Thread: DIY winch cradle for GU alloy bar.

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    Had a 1999 GU ST Patrol 4.5L Auto on Dual Fuel ...now have a 2003 GU ST ZD30TD Auto.

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    I stayed with 2 gauge and it seems to run fine. I get my cable from jaycar and I think I paid around $5 per meter with trade discount.

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    Quote Originally Posted by megatexture View Post
    Yea its (0 awg) 8.25 mm, what wire was 2 and swapped to 0? The main power supply?. Surely the didn't supply (2)6.5mm wire for that??
    The cabling supplied with my winch was 2 gauge (35mm2) and I swapped it all for 0 gauge and 50-8 lugs.
    I posted pics in my DIY thread - to which the OP included a link in post #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by tallman View Post
    When I researched before my installation I saw several mentioned using welding cable similar to that. You'll need some good 50mm2 lugs as well and get them crimped correctly.
    I bought my own hydraulic crimper - see pic in my thread.
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    My advice if you go with the welding cable is to cover it with conduit or colored heat shrink because we're taught in fire and rescue that orange leads are used on hybrid vehicles and can lead to a bit of confusion if your ever in an accident. I myself and many others would put 2 and 2 together but some old folk might get the wrong idea.

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    That's mint man! I wish I had thought of something like this instead of spending a mint on an ARB bar..

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    Spoke to local auto sparky and he said for the lengths of cable I'm running from winch to solenoid and to battery that 2 gauge would be more than adequate to do the job. He went on to say if I was to run longer lengths more than 3 meters then he would recommend a thicker gauge due to voltage drop.
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    The power cable that came with the winch was around a foot longer than the current extended cables I have so that tells me that the 2ga is plenty over that length. I've used it twice now with no issues what so ever.

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    Ive taken the solenoid out of the control box and have mounted it the near the battery, just waiting on cable to arrive now. That black thin earth wire that comes off the solenoid, it was screwed to the inside of the control box, do I need to still use it?
    Had a 1999 GU ST Patrol 4.5L Auto on Dual Fuel ...now have a 2003 GU ST ZD30TD Auto.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tallman View Post
    Ive taken the solenoid out of the control box and have mounted it the near the battery, just waiting on cable to arrive now. That black thin earth wire that comes off the solenoid, it was screwed to the inside of the control box, do I need to still use it?
    Just hook the black wire from the solenoid straight to earth. That long thin wire was a jumper cable incase you mounted the control box on an area that's not earthed.
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