show us your remote winch solenoid location

[jff45]

Just to briefly touch on wire sizes again, here's a pic showing 35mm2 compared to 50mm2.
I upgraded all my winch cabling to 50mm2 and still drop 2 volts

[BigRAWesty]

Just to briefly touch on wire sizes again, here's a pic showing 35mm2 compared to 50mm2.
I upgraded all my winch cabling to 50mm2 and still drop 2 volts

What size winch, how long and what sort current??

[MudRunnerTD]

Here are the Terminal Boots Kallen. You might get something like this from Jaycar too.

http://smithiengineering.com.au-warn-electrical-terminal-boot

These will fit a 35/ 70mm2 wire and just need a bit of hot water to make them pliable.

I have purchased a bulk of these for each of the terminals on the winch and alternator.

[jff45]

What size winch, how long and what sort current??

I have the Ridge Ryder 12000 from Supercheap. I have nothing to measure that kind of current but these winches are typically rated around the 450 - 500 amps when pulling hard with a few layers of rope still on the drum.

I did a thread in DIY showing how I installed it all.

[jff45]

I'd be interested to know what others are seeing on their voltmeters while winching..

[jff45]

I'd be interested to know what others are seeing on their voltmeters while winching..

Just thought I'd bump this because I think the info could be interesting for those doing their own winch installs.

If you have a voltmetre in the cabin, what do you see in terms of voltage drop when winching and under what conditions, light pull, heavy, etc..

[BigRAWesty]

Would be interesting for sure.
But are you reading the 2v drop at the battery while winching?
Or is that the difference between battery and winch terminals?

[jff45]

Would be interesting for sure.
But are you reading the 2v drop at the battery while winching?
Or is that the difference between battery and winch terminals?

I'm reading it directly from my Ecutalk display. That's the voltage that the ECU sees. Had 13.5v on high idle, it dropped immediately to 11.5v every time I hit the controller button.
I was attached to a tree with brakes locked and I was re tensioning the dyneema rope.
Battery is a new Century.

[BigRAWesty]

I'm reading it directly from my Ecutalk display. That's the voltage that the ECU sees. Had 13.5v on high idle, it dropped immediately to 11.5v every time I hit the controller button.
I was attached to a tree with brakes locked and I was re tensioning the dyneema rope.
Battery is a new Century.

Yep. So yea that's the load drop when battery is under load.
Voltage drop is the difference between source and motor from the cable.

[MudRunnerTD]

I'm reading it directly from my Ecutalk display. That's the voltage that the ECU sees. Had 13.5v on high idle, it dropped immediately to 11.5v every time I hit the controller button.
I was attached to a tree with brakes locked and I was re tensioning the dyneema rope.
Battery is a new Century.

Yes I agree with Kallen, that is Load Cell drop rather than voltage drop. Voltage drop is the difference between the source and the load, rather than the source because of the load. If you had 2 guages and one at the battery and one at the winch voltage drop would be the difference between them.