Posted by greywolf224 on October 22, 2014 at 07:02:47 from (69.27.229.11):
In Reply to: current draw posted by HenryO on October 21, 2014 at 20:04:49:
Forget the cigarette lighter it will NEVER handle it.
No power plug can handle a winch. You will fry up your wiring.
The smallest of winches which is a 1500 lb winch draws ~65 amps
at max rated pull. And you need to always wire based on max possible rating. You need at the very least an 8 gauge wire which is rated for 65 amps and in my opinion still too small.
No car or SUV that I know of comes factory wired with wire capable of supporting any winch.
Use jumper cables connected from the winch directly to the battery.
I run 1500 lb winches on all my ATV's and I wire them up with 6 ga wire wire through a relay connected directly to a battery.
Years back I ran 1/0 wire from the battery under the body of my pickup and into the bed. I used a 225 amp fuse to protect the wire. I used it for my 2500 Watt power converter and hitch mounted winch.
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