winch solenoid help
10-06-2018, 10:37 AM
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winch solenoid help
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changed front bumpers over the summer. new bumper too close to grill for top mounted solenoid. decided to mount under hood. however the solenoid sat on work bench for 6 weeks before i got around to new mount. i purchased 4 gauge wire to extend all the contacts. when i finally decided to reinstall the winch it would not function. i jumped power straight to the winch motor itself in both f1 and f2 and it worked both ways. i then jumped power to the solenoid on both sides and the switches clicked each time. ive tried plugging forward backward and upside down just cant figure this one out. i even tried the original wires to make sure i made good connections with the extensions. im assuming its something simple in the wiring but i didn't change any of the internal wiring configuration. anything else to test? any suggestions?
thanks in advance
changed front bumpers over the summer. new bumper too close to grill for top mounted solenoid. decided to mount under hood. however the solenoid sat on work bench for 6 weeks before i got around to new mount. i purchased 4 gauge wire to extend all the contacts. when i finally decided to reinstall the winch it would not function. i jumped power straight to the winch motor itself in both f1 and f2 and it worked both ways. i then jumped power to the solenoid on both sides and the switches clicked each time. ive tried plugging forward backward and upside down just cant figure this one out. i even tried the original wires to make sure i made good connections with the extensions. im assuming its something simple in the wiring but i didn't change any of the internal wiring configuration. anything else to test? any suggestions?
thanks in advance
10-06-2018, 11:21 AM
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My smittybilt xrc9500
inside the solonoid box there was an inline fuse....it blew on my unit and i never even knew it existed...until i went out and bought and attempted to install, a whole new solonoid....i dont know if this helps but...
10-06-2018, 12:56 PM
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Note im not using smittybilt winch so may have different guts in the box.