Hey guys...and gals. Hope everyone is enjoying their quad. Got a question. Just installed a winch on my
P360. It is wired winch-switch(in/out)-fuse-battery. This obviously allows for the winch to be used when quad is off. Was wanting to install a power on/off switch somewhere within the wiring to allow me to kill power to the winch when not using. Better yet, so no one tries to play with it when it is sitting and drain the battery. Has anyone tried this and how did you go about it. It would have to be installed either at winch or at battery to avoid some cut and splicing. Thanks. Oh yeah, I know everyone is wondering. It was a $90 2000lb Champion from Sam's Club. I know it's not a Warn but it does have a 1 year warranty for about a fourth of the price.

 

You could pick up one of those mini switch and relay kits that they sell on ebay. Thats what I ended up doing. They are cheap too.

 

Thanks Pulsar. I saw the ones by Gorilla. Do they allow for you to kill power to the winch at any time?

 

Unless it's too difficult to do, why don't you just remove the fuze until you need it?

 

Look here (<click me) the polaris dealer gave me this for my winch. Its pretty much a starter solinoid that I have wired to ignition hot.

Good Luck, Jeff

 

I wired my power wire into the low beam headlight wire. The only time my winch comes on is when I turn my low beam on. At night I normally use the high beam, so if I have to use the winch I just switch to low beam and its up and running.
Get one of those self tapping wire splicers for about a dime. Makes the job a whole lot easier.

 

Thanks for all the tips. I'm trying to avoid any cut and splice due to difference in wire size. I haven't thought of the fuse trick but it is an encased slow burn fuse which rules that out. I bought a heavy duty toggle switch last night and am going to wire it through that and see how it works. Drive safe

 

The toggle switch is the easies way to go as long as its heavy duty enough to hancle the current for the winch. The only other option would be to use a solonoid and have it close the relay when the ignition is on - which you probably don't want to get into unless you know a bit about electical systems.

In either case, have you had problems with your batter being drained when not in use? If so, you might have other issues with the switch supplied with your winch.

 

Ski-thanks for the tip. The reason for not tapping into any other wires was due to my philosophy...the more stuff you take loose the more stuff you might forget to get back together. I was looking for quick and simple installation. The winch will not be used much since my quad is used 99% of the time for hunting and hauling. I found a heavy duty toggle switch and installed it today. I just fabbed the wires and ran it between the battery and fuse and have it all under the seat. HIDDEN And get this---Home Depot/Lowes...no heavy duty toggle switches. Found one at Wal Mart. I love that place. The reason for doing it was to avoid anybody just playing around while the quad is sitting and draining the battery. I have it at the hunting land we lease so there are others who have access to it during season. Some of 'em are big kids like me............HEY Y'ALL, WATCH THIS!