In cab winch control.

[Taz]

Hey.

Got a bit of a knob question but I just got a new winch and wanting to know if there would be any disadvantage apart from the extra height needed to using the remotes plug and wiring to hook up to an in cab switch rather than wiring one separately? I figure the solenoid box is going to be under the hood anyway so its not like I'd use the remote but not sure if plugging it in powers or up or something? (I know fark all about winches).

Would be good to hear what others have done. Its a warn if that matters.

Cheers, Taz.

[H2OLOVA]

You could use the hand controller if you want it would be easy as to sort out. But if you wired up a two way,return to centre switch instead it would give you two choices to power the winch incase either one decided to go on the blink. Sometimes you might not want to be in the truck when you're winching either We could wire in a master switch for it as well.

[muddyplumber]

iv gotta warn aswell, who ever wired it in has done an awsome job, it has in cabin control one switch turns it on the other one is in n out, yet it also has the plug at the front for the hand controller so you can stand back

[andrew007]

you don't need a master switch,wire the in cab switch thru ignition,so only works when motor running.

[TJ]

I have recently done this myself with a Warn winch. My solenoid box is under the hood. I have full use of the hand remote.



I then wired some wires and took them inside the cab for an in cab set-up with a master kill switch (which is switched through ignition - I have kids and did not want them playing with the winch controls unless the key was in the ignition and turned on).




Both controls work independent of each other. Again, ignition control is for safety reasons so that the kids don't accidentally play with the in-off-out switch inside the cab.

[Taz]

incase either one decided to go on the blink.

Yeah thats convinced me. Always best to have two ways to go about things. Wheres the best place in chch to grab a switch for it? Jaycars? Haven't had to buy much electrical stuff in the past and Supercheap only had on/off ones.

you don't need a master switch,wire the in cab switch thru ignition,so only works when motor running.

Probably best to do a master switch anyway as its not something you'd like to bump if your fumbling to change the gf's radio station choice or another button in a hurry. I like the idea of being able to cut the power to it if it starts going haywire to without having to shut your truck off.

[Taz]

I have recently done this myself with a Warn winch. My solenoid box is under the hood. I have full use of the hand remote.



I then wired some wires and took them inside the cab for an in cab set-up with a master kill switch (which is switched through ignition - I have kids and did not want them playing with the winch controls unless the key was in the ignition and turned on).


Both controls work independent of each other. Again, ignition control is for safety reasons so that the kids don't accidentally play with the in-off-out switch inside the cab.

Nice work man. What gauge wiring did you use for the switch?

[TJ]

Nice work man. What gauge wiring did you use for the switch?

In-cab switches don't carry high currents, so I used five-core trailer wire (Narva I believe). You only need three wires (if its a new Warn), other two will remain as redundancies in case of breakage.

I got all the stuff from Jaycar (missile cover, led toggle switch (light comes on when its "armed"), momentary on-off-on). Wire I already had. I had to extend the cables to/from the solenoid box to the winch as well as the battery. I went with 50mm2 welding cable from BOC gear shop. Had the lugs crimped by a professional auto sparky (don't have the proper crimper myself for that big a cable size).

[Sadam_Husain]

Wire your in cab controls in paralel to the remote, you still need the remote for doing stuff like re-spooling the cable onto the drum when your on your own etc, stick a master switch in somewhere like TJ has to isolate the control switche(s), if you put your control switches close to the drivers door its handy to have easy access to control the winch from outside without have to climb in and out of the drivers seat all the time

[icekayak]

Dunno if you've got this sorted or not yet... But as the others have said it would be easy to wire one up in parallel to the existing remote

Use some 3 core wire (or 5 core trailer type wire) or even three separate wires, and get three of those round spade terminals and put them straight onto the small terminals on the solinoids (you will just have to work out which 3 but its not too hard to work out if you follow the wiring), then wire in a 12v toggle/missile type master switch and a on/off/on switch

Here is my awesome drawing of how it works (Just to make it clear as mud):


All you are doing is redirecting a 12v feed to either the "in" or the "out" solinoids in order for them to kick in (as it is going through the solinoids you are only dealing with a small current so need a relatively small wires and switch)

also have a look at
http://www.4x4wire.com/tech/winch/remote/