How to Connect an Electric Winch Properly

 Generally, to operate electric winches, they require power from the car battery. In addition, the battery can be powered separately, or through a vehicle battery with appropriate wiring, power can be supplied to the electric winch.

Installation of Electric Winch

The recommended method for connecting your winch depends on three things:

 -Where your winch is mounted

·          --Front of the vehicle

·         --The trailer/rear of the vehicle

Winch Type

  • Light duty
  • Medium duty
  • High durability

At the front of the vehicle when installed, there are two ways to provide power to the winch. Here they are:

Option 1: Using the Car Battery and Standard Winch Wires

·         Lift on a regular basis, recommended for light to moderate duty.

  • ·         Requires at least 440 amp cold cranking vehicle battery and 60 amp alternator.

Procedure

On the winch, to the positive pole, connect the power wire, and to the negative ground post, connect the negative wire.

Now to the engine bay from the winch, run both wires. Avoid any places where the wire can become pinched or hot areas.

Under the Cover

Using the circuit breaker on the car's battery, connect the positive lead from the winch to the positive post. On the car battery, connect the negative lead from the winch to the negative ground post.

When not in use, for winch removal a quick disconnect can be added to this setting to make it convenient.

·       ·   With the power and ground wires connected to the battery, install quick disconnects in the line.

      · To operate the winch, connect the winch side wire to the battery wire on the side of the car.

      ·  In your application, the wire gauge used is compatible with what you purchase, and the connection breaks quickly – check that.

Option 2: Operate the winch using an auxiliary battery

  • ·         Recommended for frequent and medium to heavy lifters.
  • ·         60 amp generator and at least 440 to 660 amp cold crank, an auxiliary vehicle is required for this.

Procedure

Auxiliary Battery – The wire should be parallel to the car battery. And at 12 volts, both batteries connect to the output, check this.


Between the auxiliary battery and the vehicle battery, a battery isolator should be installed. When operating from the auxiliary battery, the winch only draws power, ensuring that. While using the winch, it will drain, which will prevent the car battery from being powered. On the auxiliary battery, from the positive post on the car battery to the positive post is installed in line with the positive power lead being on. From the ignition circuit by wire, the isolator is switched on.

- On the winch with a positive pole, connect the positive wire and to the negative ground pole, connect the negative wire.

-If one of them is included with the wind, use the in-line circuit breaker when on the auxiliary battery, from the winch to the positive pole connect the positive wire. On the auxiliary battery, from the winch to the negative ground post, connect the negative lead.

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