I did it as insurance in case the stinger ever shorts out.
I can also kill power to fuse box and all accessories without having to pull the seat and disconnect the battery.
Okay great. I picked up a kill switch I plan on using for that purpose.
You’ve been very helpful. Can’t wait until all the stuff is in and I can start wiring things up!
Read post #18 again.
in the picture, red is positive, black is negative.
you have to run heavy gauge cable from your battery to the winch contactor.
….I just used the contactor studs as a “distribution block” (as you are planning to use) to pull + & - for my fuse panel.
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very similar set up with 3way marine switch in glove box. Accessories only run of second battery and are activated by toggle not key
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Alright, so back to the original reason for this post. Which way is up on this thing? My mount showed up so now I can bolt everything together.
Will someone be so kind as to post a photo of theirs installed? Thanks in advance. Lots of great info on here and I appreciate the discussion.
Will someone be so kind as to post a photo of theirs installed? Thanks in advance. Lots of great info on here and I appreciate the discussion.
Sorry! Didn’t mean to derail your thread. I will get some pics of mine when it comes in and I can get it on if you don’t figure it out before then.
@Panhandlepilgrim So I got this all wired up. I ran new 6ga wires from the battery, under the floorboards and into the hood area.
I mounted the contactor on the right side.
Made wiring a breeze. I used the 12v key on that the club store sells a harness for.
Double sided taped the box for the wireless remote near the contactor.
These were taken before I finished...I forgot to take pics of the "finished" wiring.
Good chance I will need to redo the winch mounting...not sure if you saw my other thread, but mounting the 6k on the 700 mount was a nightmare.
I mounted the contactor on the right side.
Made wiring a breeze. I used the 12v key on that the club store sells a harness for.
Double sided taped the box for the wireless remote near the contactor.
These were taken before I finished...I forgot to take pics of the "finished" wiring.
Good chance I will need to redo the winch mounting...not sure if you saw my other thread, but mounting the 6k on the 700 mount was a nightmare.
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Thanks for posting. I got mine all done up and it works so that's a relief. The wireless remote is a disaster though. If the motor is on it reels in short bursts, likely caused by some kind of radio inference from the alternator. It has blown fuse written all over it so I will likely have to replace that.
Thats odd. Mine does not do that. The little blue wire on that box is the antenna, so make sure that is not grounding out or something. I used the remote to respool the winch and it worked the entire time without hiccup.
I think if I could do it all over again, I would probably pick up a WARN or Moose winch and mount.
I am already looking at aftermarket bumpers to mount the winch to so I can avoid the nightmare that is that mount.
