I have a winch mounted on a 2" receiver plate for front and rear use. What gauge wire can I run to the rear? Tha battery is under the front seat, so the distance is about 8ish feet to rear and 6ish to front.
I have a winch mounted on a 2" receiver plate for front and rear use. What gauge wire can I run to the rear? Tha battery is under the front seat, so the distance is about 8ish feet to rear and 6ish to front.
Nate B
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What winch are you using? Tha gauge wire you need depends on the amps it draws as well as the distance.
Warrior c9500, 5 hp, 12v Looked up on web and amps not not given
Nate B
88 D90 RHD, V8 Present
84 Defender 110 3 Door RHD Petrol in 2012
80 Merc 230GE Petrol in 2011
78 SIII 109" RHD Petrol in 2011
82 SIII 88" RHD Petrol in 2010
82 SIII 88" RHD Diesel in 2009
92 Range Rover - In the 90's
cuis2000@yahoo.com
Looks like 380 amps at full loand I found a chart on offroaders.com which goes up to 200 amps and it suggests 6 awg for 10', 4 for 15 and 20 feet and 2 for 25 feet. I'm leaning towards 4 wag since the run time on a winch is not long. Thoughts?
Nate B
88 D90 RHD, V8 Present
84 Defender 110 3 Door RHD Petrol in 2012
80 Merc 230GE Petrol in 2011
78 SIII 109" RHD Petrol in 2011
82 SIII 88" RHD Petrol in 2010
82 SIII 88" RHD Diesel in 2009
92 Range Rover - In the 90's
cuis2000@yahoo.com
Warn says 2 under 25'
Nate B
88 D90 RHD, V8 Present
84 Defender 110 3 Door RHD Petrol in 2012
80 Merc 230GE Petrol in 2011
78 SIII 109" RHD Petrol in 2011
82 SIII 88" RHD Petrol in 2010
82 SIII 88" RHD Diesel in 2009
92 Range Rover - In the 90's
cuis2000@yahoo.com
It's not just how long you run the winch. Volt drop is a factor, the greater the volt drop the harder it is on the winch and the less power you have.
Figuring 380 amps #2 will give you 0.46v drop at 6 feet, which is high IMO. I like to keep it well under .5v to allow for any other resistance in the circuit. So for 6' I'd go at least #1 which would be a .32v drop.
For the 8' run I'd go at least 1/0 which would be a .33v drop.
Tom Rowe
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