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mine's 4x4 · 11-26-2007, 02:08 PM

I just got a Warn M8000 winch for my Jeep and have two question. I've always been told that I need to put a fuse on anything electrical powered that I add to the vehicle, especially things that pull lots of power. The instructions with the winch don't mention anything about adding an inline fuse or anything. Do I need to somehow find a several hundred amp fuse or does the solenoid/control box have one built in? Also, do I need to install some sort of power interrupt device so that the winch isn't 'live' all the time or does the control box take care of that also when I disconnect the handheld remote?

Thanks for the help.

kwrangln · 11-26-2007, 02:21 PM

Just wire it just like the directions show ya. No fuse necessary. No power interrupt necessary either.

ditchpig · 11-26-2007, 10:32 PM

Ever seen a pinched winch power cable cut through a frame its cool when its not your rig , these are 200A breakers x three for full power .

http://www.wiringproducts.com/index1.html

11-26-2007, 02:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
mine's 4x4 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Member # 89845 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 45	Winch wiring I just got a Warn M8000 winch for my Jeep and have two question. I've always been told that I need to put a fuse on anything electrical powered that I add to the vehicle, especially things that pull lots of power. The instructions with the winch don't mention anything about adding an inline fuse or anything. Do I need to somehow find a several hundred amp fuse or does the solenoid/control box have one built in? Also, do I need to install some sort of power interrupt device so that the winch isn't 'live' all the time or does the control box take care of that also when I disconnect the handheld remote? Thanks for the help. __________________ Hang on, Hang on, there is a fourth way...a plasma powered horse... Last edited by mine's 4x4; 11-26-2007 at 02:11 PM.

11-26-2007, 02:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
kwrangln Doublewide engineer Join Date: Sep 2001 Member # 6971 Location: Gulf coast Posts: 5,904	Just wire it just like the directions show ya. No fuse necessary. No power interrupt necessary either. __________________ I'm the "tack tack tack" welding nazi. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...&postcount=218 "I didn't mean to kill nobody ... I just meant to shoot the sonofabitch in the head. Him dying was between him and the Lord." R. L. Burnside

11-26-2007, 10:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
ditchpig Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Member # 55403 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 176	Ever seen a pinched winch power cable cut through a frame its cool when its not your rig , these are 200A breakers x three for full power . http://www.wiringproducts.com/index1.html Last edited by ditchpig; 11-26-2007 at 10:36 PM.

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