Wireless winch remote install | Winch Solenoid Wiring Basics
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Basic wiring principals of how a wireless winch controller is wired into a winch solenoid. Then, let's install an amazon wireless winch controller onto my harbor freight winch.
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Another observation is the genius engineering that put the positive and negative screw heads back to back.
Great job young man. Very clear and easy to understand. You can be proud of your work.
Finally, a great pictorial tutorial on this! Thank you!
Thank you This saved me so much time.
Thank you sir!!!! Well done and Much Appreciated!!!
Very well explained and nice diagram.
Thanks!
Not my setup, but helped me understand winch wiring in general. Not easy to find info on which wires do what.
what size fuse is needed to the battery?
Thank you very much for this video. Just got the exact same remote for my current project. Then it does not come with instructions. That could not be explained better than what you did. And for my project (to be published in a few weeks), I really need to know which wire does what, as I won't be connecting it to a winch solenoid, but rather 2 relays (30 amps). Have you tried how far can you still get a good signal with the remote? Can the antenna be extended? I'd like, ideally, have this remote to work up to 150ft away. I know it's not meant for that far, but still hoping if the antenna is well located. Thanks again!
Always good to hear from you my friend. Glad this video was helpful. While installing this controller, I was also thinking of several other applications I could use this device for. Great minds think alike! Looking forward to seeing what you have created.
Now to answer your question about range. I am unsure what the maximum distance the remote will work from, but I will test that out this weekend and report back.
The remote I purchased is definitely the low budget option. I would presume that there are better quality, longer range controllers out there, but they will be at a premium. The one I purchased is advertised at 100' Range. The antenna consists of a 6" tail of approx. 16 gauge wire (Appeared to be pure copper). Stripping this portion and soldering on an extension may increase the range. I would also say that other nearby electronic and wireless devices may cause some interference, thus decreasing the range.
My remote worked to about 120 Feet, with a direct line of sight. Trees or obstructions will reduce the range.
Thanks for the info!!!
Does it come with the jumper
and where would you get it?
Why do you have to have a solenoid? Why can’t you hook F1 and F2 directly to the two lugs on the winch?
Then power and ground to pos and neg from the battery?
The same reason your car has a relay for the starter motor. The ignition switch would melt if you tried to push that much current through it.
Same idea with this winch controller. F1 and F2 are designed to supply maybe 5 amps Max (if that). A very basic 2k winch will likely draw at least 30 Amps.