Comment: Winches

Sounds too cheap.... make sure it is a constant rated solenoid.

A lot of cheaper automotive ones aren't.

John,
I had constant problems with my winch so;enoids so I bought a total replacement unit on ebay for about $60. All sealed up, no water entry possible and works perfectly. Wiring was simple. Just enter "warn winch solenoid" in the ebay search box.
Good luck,
Ian

Just had two solenoids replaced in my box $200 later took to electrician sounds like I should have shopped around dam!

consider that most winches fitted to 4wds have arround a 6hp motor that will draw about 400 amps at stall, ya 200 amps intermittent is not looking good.

One of the most common problems with winches is the solenoids, and even the better brands have some crappy improvised arrangements.

Most of the better generic winches are comming out with pretty damn decent, single block purpose made solenoids these days.

they are mostly single piece well sealed units that have no fiddle and diddle wiring and links involved.

and the better suppliers are in the second or third generation of improvement.

you can have a complete controll box for under $200 and a solenoid for as little as $60

have a look at the Tigers11 web site, they sell both the solenoid on its own and complete controll packages as come packed with their winches.

These are being fitted to other brands of winch by the bucket load.

there are also others selling similar solenoids on line.

cheers

I had to service my Warn winch and source solenoids. I email Warn in the US with the winch serial number and some questions and found they provided me with day of my winch manufacture and were extremely helpful in answering my questions to the point of providing me with non genuine solenoid part numbers available from other manufactures in the US.Very impressed.