In Dash Winch Control
03-12-2008, 06:27 AM
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It's done (finally)!!! Thanks to this write-up I just finished installing mine, but with a little twist. I thought this was a little risky, especially with the top and doors off, as it would allow anyone to start messing with the switches and controlling the winch. As a little peace-of-mind I installed a keyswitch that interrupts the power coming from the winch. This way, the key has to be in the on position (which lights up the LED indicator) and then the toggle is activated. The key is removable in both positions so I can just turn it on when I go wheeling and then turn it back off when I"m done.
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09-12-2009, 05:46 AM
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I made a box to remotely fire model rockets/fireworks/etc...and I used them. I did all the design but to have them ship me two 13x15 multi color decals was about 15.00. I assume it would be about the same or maybe a little less for that if you did all the work.
Here is what I came up with. Almost everything was installed at the time.
09-12-2009, 03:08 PM
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So I attempted mine last night but with no success, heres what I did,
I am setting mine up without a LED so I spliced into the power wire comming from the winch control box and ran that to one side of the on off switch, from the other terminal on the on off switch I ran a short wire to the center of the Momentary On off on switch, then ran a wire from each of the other 2 control box wires to either side of the on off on switch, (mine control box plug only has 3 wires on it, 2 are brown and one is black) If my thinking is right, then when you flip the on off on switch it should give power to the momentary on off on switch allowing it to function normally. But i get no response. If I have confused anyone I can attempt a sketch but It all sounds fairly simple in my head. Let me know if anyone sees anything wrong with what I did, or have any suggestions on how to make it better.
I am setting mine up without a LED so I spliced into the power wire comming from the winch control box and ran that to one side of the on off switch, from the other terminal on the on off switch I ran a short wire to the center of the Momentary On off on switch, then ran a wire from each of the other 2 control box wires to either side of the on off on switch, (mine control box plug only has 3 wires on it, 2 are brown and one is black) If my thinking is right, then when you flip the on off on switch it should give power to the momentary on off on switch allowing it to function normally. But i get no response. If I have confused anyone I can attempt a sketch but It all sounds fairly simple in my head. Let me know if anyone sees anything wrong with what I did, or have any suggestions on how to make it better.
11-11-2009, 12:11 PM
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11-13-2009, 08:44 AM
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If you splice the in/out wires from the winch to the switches AND you have the winch remote connected outside the vehicle, which system would override the other? Or would there be a fuse blowout somewhere in the system?
I know it's a fairly dumb question but in the insane chance someone is pressing out on the remote while you are flipping the in, in the cab, what happens?
I know it's a fairly dumb question but in the insane chance someone is pressing out on the remote while you are flipping the in, in the cab, what happens?