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tgoode Jun 10, 2025 10:16 AM

Warn winch solenoids - orientation?
 
I'm cleaning the wiring solenoid connectors in the controller box on my Warn M8000 winch. Do Warn solenoids have polarity or orientation when re-installing them? While I kept a diagram of how all the wires connect to each solenoid x 4 I didn't keep track of how each solenoid was oriented when I took them off to clean the 4 posts on each one.

For reference attached is a picture of what one Warn solenoid looks like for this winch, which is the older style with 4 total solenoids and not the newer style with just one Albright contactor.
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.jk-...aad2a09a11.jpg

AZJeeper Jun 10, 2025 12:30 PM

Unmarked, old-school solenoids are "polarity insensitive" as far as what wire goes where. Apply power on one side and ground on the other (either way) and the contact closes.

tgoode Jun 10, 2025 01:21 PM

Thank-you AZJeeper!!


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