P500 P500 Winch Power Cable Routing

[Keebler]

I am installing a Badland 3500 on my P500. The winch mounting is simple, the wiring is not complex, however I am trying to determine the best routing for the power and ground from the winch relay to the battery terminals. I have the winch relay under the hood and have run the power to the battery along the inside of the right side frame rail, with the aid of extension cables because the ones that came with the winch were to short. Is that what others are doing?

 

[Admin]

 

[trigger]

I've found the easiest route for all the electrical I've installed that runs front to back, drop the skids and open up the plastics under the seat. Fish down the firewall and route with other cables down the passenger side frame rail and zip tie accordingly. Having access under the seat plastics makes for less under the machine work. Dress in loom if necessary, especially audio stuff.

 

[MI-Trailblazer]

Yep, did same thing as Trigger except I did not remove all the under-seat plastics and had to wiggle and twist different ways to fish it all through. But same routing and my KFI came with more than long enough cables.

 

[Jdh3]

Another option is to run a long cable from the battery and install a fuse box under the hood. You can then more easily run other things like lights, sound, etc.

 

[L_rich201]

how long was your cable from the battery the the fuse box? the cables that come with my winch are 6 foot and thats not long enough.

 

[Mudder]

how long was your cable from the battery the the fuse box? the cables that come with my winch are 6 foot and thats not long enough.

He added a separate cable. Some of us added 4 or 6 guage wire from the battery box to the hood area.

 

[L_rich201]

im going to get 6 gauge , im just wondering how long should i get

 

[L_rich201]

is 10 foot enough ?

 

[Bigtee]

I would get 12’ to 14’ depending on how you run it back. Get some good terminals for it too. If you have a little extra you’ll probably need it at some point.

 

[Mbradley42]

I got 15' of each and I had some left over but oh well

 

[J80]

When your done it should look something like this

this is exactly how I ran my wires

 

[Keebler]

I have a Badland 3500 and the cables from the battery to the relay were not long enough. I bought new 12 foot cables and ran the new black one instead of the one provided, had about a foot extra For the red cable I ran the one provided from the battery to the inline circuit breaker that was included in the winch kit. Then I removed the 6 foot long cable attached to the other end of the inline circuit breaker that was to go to the relay and replaced in with the 12 footer I bought, had about 4 foot extra on that. I ran both cables from the battery along the inside of the passenger side frame rail and zip tied to the existing wire harness sheath.

 

[StewB]

When your done it should look something like this
View attachment 281854
this is exactly how I ran my wires

I see a dead dog with its tongue out.
Out.

 

[Jdh3]

I used a set of 12’ jumper cables and attached ends to get the power from the battery to the new under hood fuse box.
This was the most economical way to get the cables.