duel battery

Submitted: Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 15:28
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I have a 9000lb winch on a pathfinder am now putting in duel battery system should I hook winch to main battery or axillary battery if so what size would I need
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Reply By: shanegu6 - Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 15:33

Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 15:33
My patrol has the winch hooked up to the main cranking/starting battery. From i was told by ARB this is the way to go. I have a swithch on the dash that puts the batteries in one line to draw power from both when winching or requiring starting of the 2nd battery.

Regards Shane
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Follow Up By: KiwiAngler - Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 16:13

Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 16:13
It would be my suggestion also to hook it up to the main battery and I also run the motor whilst winching to ensure 1) I get full power to the winch and 2) I dont flatten the main battery.

I actually disconnect the red cable from the battery when I am not winching, this disables the control box 'just in case' :-)
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Reply By: Flywest - Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 16:18

Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 16:18
Duel



Dual = 2 of

;o)

Cheers
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Reply By: Crackles - Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 16:26

Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 16:26
I run from the 2nd battery which is normally always connected to the 1st via 35mm leads. (No isolator system) With 2 x 130 amp hour Trojans I rarely run out of power :-) If in the rare occurance I had to winch without the engine running I also have the option to open a high amperage isolating switch ensuring power in the main battery.
Cheers Craig...............
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Reply By: Maîneÿ . . .- Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 20:01

Sunday, Jul 19, 2009 at 20:01
Run it from a Cranking battery with engine running

A Dual battery system, using *DEEP CYCLE Battery* is for low Amps discharge over a long period of time
whereby a Cranking battery is capable of HUGE discharge over a short period of time

Some winch manufacturers recommend about 3 or 4 minutes running on a winch continuously
so it won't overheat, and the Alternator will recharge the CRANKING battery in this rest time

Maîneÿ . . .
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