Sunday, Jan 08, 2012 at 22:58
Adam,
Just out of interest a few weeks ago I put my 9000lb winch under max load (just not stalled) and measured the current from each battery. It was 200+ amps. I would expect a 12,000lb winch to pull more.
I use a manually switched 200amp solenoid to parallel the batteries for winching. If you needed to, you could use two solenoids in parallel to increase the capacity and share the load. Or spend megabucks on a bigger solenoid. They get pretty expensive above 150 amp capacity.
Cheers
Frank
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