P1000 Dual battery question

[Bucks]

I did the dual battery mod in late 22. I used the Mighty max ytx14-bs. It won't even lift my snow plow. I now see the Mighty max ytx30l-bs. Did I just get the incorrect battery? I run a 6000 viper elite winch and if I am reading correctly, they state it pulls 40amps to pull 1000#, and 184amps for 6000#. Thinking 30ah isn't going to cut it. Or am I missing something. I know very little about batteries and ah and such, so sorry if this is a dumb question.

 

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[dweber23tr]

Get your batteries load tested. Might just simply be a bad battery.

 

[Jankyeye]

Agree with the load test. For what its worth, I use the YTX30L for a 6k Viper. Not much need for a plow in Fl. But its worked fine for pulling. 14ah battery should allow 14 amps for one hour, 28 amps for 30 min, 56 amps for 15 min. etc. If you have two batts, and the buggy is running you should have no issue lifting a plow with that battery.

 

[DRZRon1]

Agree with the load test. For what its worth, I use the YTX30L for a 6k Viper. Not much need for a plow in Fl. But its worked fine for pulling. 14ah battery should allow 14 amps for one hour, 28 amps for 30 min, 56 amps for 15 min. etc. If you have two batts, and the buggy is running you should have no issue lifting a plow with that battery.

What he said - something else is up

that plow doesn’t weigh that much where u r lifting it at

 

[bumperm]

That Mighty max ytx14-bs has a spec'd CCA or 200 amps. Sp as mentioned by others, if the battery is in good condition and properly charged and maintained, it should have more than enough power to operate a plow winch.

Check battery voltage, at the battery with no load (should be above 12.5 or so at rest). The with the winch operating, should not drop below 11 volts or 10.5 at the lowest. As previously suggested, a load test is a good idea, monitoring voltage while running the winch is a good load test.

 

[Bucks]

What he said - something else is up

that plow doesn’t weigh that much where u r lifting it at

Ok, thanks guys. Looks like I have a bad battery. I was using the winch trying to pull a gun safe on a truck and nothing. It was dropping to 5 volts just running the winch line in with no load.

 

[Fatsquatch]

Ok, thanks guys. Looks like I have a bad battery. I was using the winch trying to pull a gun safe on a truck and nothing. It was dropping to 5 volts just running the winch line in with no load.

Stupid batteries! Glad you figured it out and it’s an easy fix.

 

[Se far]

Stupid question perhaps, but do you need a second battery to run the winch? I rarely use mine except to plow snow which we haven't had enough of in the last couple of years to worry about. Which means we of course will if I am not prepared.

 

[DRZRon1]

No

for lifting up a restively light load that’s on a pivot every now and then while running the machine - a 2nd battery would be overkill - not required