Remote Controlled Winch

Here are the links to Amazon where I got the parts to build this:

[christopherhenry]

Thanks for the video. You need to put a fuse into the positive wire from the battery. As you can see a short circuit will heat those wires up enough to start a fire. Fuse should be about 25% higher that the rated current draw of the winch.

[stewp.]

Very nice honest video, I learn more from these uncut good/bad/ugly ones than the polished fast talking pros !!

[blinderb]

Thanks! Good video. Good job cutting out the unnecessary fluff and thanks for leaving 6:47 in there!!

[canuckeh]

Used it on my boat lift, thanks works great 👍

[Coolbreeze]

you can also switch pos and neg on the motor if the in/out are reversed, great video, very informative

[joshuarivera]

6:45 Made my night, lol. Glad u didnt edit it out. Added a little comedy to the video.

[tonyelders]

Excellent instructions! Off to hook mine up!

[JJ-nhlv]

Always leave the negative wire off the battery until your finished wiring....

[billsmith]

You need to have the both the battery red wires bolt down before you put the 2 black negative wire battery wires on. That is what caused the sparks and the short. Black off first, red on first to replace is the rule. other than that good job.

[MultiBocia]

Very very good !! Thank you for your help !

[Stoic-of-Rome]

Thanks the instructions that came with mine were worse than useless. this video solved the puzzle.

[epicridesandtours]

Nice info. HOWEVER!!! The reason you got sparks is because you effectively short-circuited between the pos and neg poles of the battery. Using the steel socket driver to tighten nuts on the solenoid, it was inevitable, because you connected the solenoid to the battery terminals first. ALWAYS DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BEFORE FOOLING AROUND WITH WHATEVER IT'S ATTACHED TO! Just a word to the wise. Another commenter talks about using an inline fuse, which would have blown if fitted. With no fuse or circuit breaker, the heat produced by the short-circuit could have welded the socket driver to the contacts it was touching. Next to zero Ohms resistance, with a battery that develops 600 cold cranking Amps or more, and you could easily have had an explosion. Further, just because the battery has a stated 600 CCA, doesn't mean that's it's limit, but assuming that 600 Amps is it's limit, Volts times current (Amps) equals Watts. That's 12 times 600 equals 7, 200 Watts. Your average kettle only uses one third of this.

[Mrbulldog]

You were screwing down the pos with a nut screwdriver when you tilted the shaft grounded .
You said you didn't know what happened .
I will give you some advice, don't ever connect to power before you connect to the thing
being powered. Your first mistake was trying to be a teacher when you haven't been the student yet .
To anyone watching this if you are going to try this . Never hook up to your power first
IE battery . That is last..

[mossymaple]

*IF ONE WOULD LIKE THE IN &OUT TOGGLE SWITCH HOOKED UP ALONG WITH ALSO WIRELESS REMOTE AS WELL, WHERE DO YOU CONNECT THE MANUAL IN &OUT TOGGLE TWITCH WIRES?

[jrwagner]

Does ur wireless box click when u hit the up or down button mine does am thinking that the box might be junk I know mine winch works

[worroSfOretsevraH]

Hi.
Does it have any safety built in?
What happens when the cable is fully pulled in, and you're still pressing the IN button?
Thanks.

[lloydprunier]

Thanks for posting! I've been using the wired remote that came with my winch and it is really a tangled mess some times. If this will work reliably for a long enough time it will be a real blessing. Watched a couple of other vids and the guys meant well I'm sure but they didn't really show how to actually do anything?

[joseraya]

That’s funny
It probably would have happened to me too

[jonnygate]

Hi. Good video. Is there any instruction how to pair the remote if it’s not linked to the control box? I got a winch with a remote and it isn’t paired, and can’t find the instruction how to code them together. It’s the same remote as yours. Thabks

[acreageliving]

shouldnt you have a fuse on the power wire to battery? my winch has a 50amp fuse. It would of stopped you from almost making a fire lol