Setting up Winch on 1992 Honda 300 4x4?
Oct 31, 2000 | 11:42 PM
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I just bought this bike a few months ago and I was checking the wiring on the auxillary lights and winch and discovered that the guy who owned it screwed with the wiring. He had one wire running directly from the battery terminal, split into two wires up front in which one went to winch and other split again to go to lights! he didnt even use electrical tape! the bike could have burnt to the ground. Anyway I was wondering if anybody could tell me how to set up the wiring on the winch.Took the lights off so just want to know about winch wiring.Do I need a solenoid for the winch? What else?
Nov 1, 2000 | 08:00 AM
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No, you don't "need" a solenoid for a winch. The in-line solenoid provided by Warn only interrupts the circuit when the ATV is idle; Superwinch does not even provide an in-line solenoid, but a thermally-acutated circuit breaker ("Shortstop") instead.
While a circuit breaker is a good safety device, well-insulated wiring with no binding or pinch points in its routing minimizes the possibility of short-circuits. The circuit breaker only protects the wiring between the battery and the winch control switch.
The wiring for your winch (heavy-gauge wire) should be: battery + and - to the winch control switch input; switch output wires (2) to the winch motor terminals.
The control switch is a double-pole, double throw (DPDT) switch; in the "off" position, the winch terminal connections are shunted (connected) to each other. (The shunt provides dynamic braking of the winch, so it doesn't "coast" when you want to stop the spool.)
Can't tell which terminal is which? With an ohmmeter or continuity tester, when "Off," the winch terminals are connected; the + connection is isolated. When in the "Out" position, the + terminal is connected to winch connection "A" and the - terminal is connected to winch connection "B." In the "In" position, the + terminal is connected to winch connection "B" and the - terminal is connected to winch connection "A."
Use heavy-gauge wire (10 gauge or bigger); have clean, tight connections, and your winch should pull you and your buddies out of unfortunate predicaments.
Tree Farmer
While a circuit breaker is a good safety device, well-insulated wiring with no binding or pinch points in its routing minimizes the possibility of short-circuits. The circuit breaker only protects the wiring between the battery and the winch control switch.
The wiring for your winch (heavy-gauge wire) should be: battery + and - to the winch control switch input; switch output wires (2) to the winch motor terminals.
The control switch is a double-pole, double throw (DPDT) switch; in the "off" position, the winch terminal connections are shunted (connected) to each other. (The shunt provides dynamic braking of the winch, so it doesn't "coast" when you want to stop the spool.)
Can't tell which terminal is which? With an ohmmeter or continuity tester, when "Off," the winch terminals are connected; the + connection is isolated. When in the "Out" position, the + terminal is connected to winch connection "A" and the - terminal is connected to winch connection "B." In the "In" position, the + terminal is connected to winch connection "B" and the - terminal is connected to winch connection "A."
Use heavy-gauge wire (10 gauge or bigger); have clean, tight connections, and your winch should pull you and your buddies out of unfortunate predicaments.
Tree Farmer
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