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Timi:

--- Quote from: andrew2986 on May 15, 2008, 19:43:11 ---Hi,
Dont want to teach anyone to suck eggs, so please forgive me if you know or was going to anyway but its a good idea to fit an isolator and a fuse in the system.

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I thought that if you have a winch on a road car, it was a legal requirement to fit an isolator switch to the solenoid +ive feed.

clover:
I've wanted to fit an isolator on mine but when i mentione dit to a mate it seemed awefully complicated and to cope with the kind of amperage draw it would have to be  really heavy heavy duty.

What isolators do people on here use??? and why is it not possible to just fit an inline isolator switch on the live from the battery (which is what I was told)?

I have a fairly hefty winch which can draw a maximum of 650CCA so I'm told.

Cheers

John

Disco-Ron:
If you want to be really clever, you could fit one of these inline between the battery and winch..... that way you simply flick a switch to connect the power to the winch, no need for a 'twist' type isolator...!!
http://www.devon4x4.com/component/option,com_shop/Itemid,67/sitelang,en/mode,productview/product,2/cat,127/showcaticons,no

Paul:

--- Quote from: Disco-Ron on May 17, 2008, 21:30:50 ---If you want to be really clever, you could fit one of these inline between the battery and winch..... that way you simply flick a switch to connect the power to the winch, no need for a 'twist' type isolator...!!
http://www.devon4x4.com/component/option,com_shop/Itemid,67/sitelang,en/mode,productview/product,2/cat,127/showcaticons,no

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I've got a similar one fitted, Very handy as you can cut power to the winch from inside the vehicle  :)

Disco-Ron:
Yeh, good from that aspect, but something in my mind tells me i'd like to be able to cut the power if i was stood next to the winch aswell!!!

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