Outer Limits 4x4 Board

basically i want to know if warn winch solenoids have thermal overloads as sometimes when winching in and i stop, and want to go in again all i get is a click. i wait a few minutes and it goes again. i have recently replaced the two "spool in" solenoids as one shit itself the other day. is it simply a case of overloads or have i got a biger problem? the winch is fairly old however ive cleaned it up recently. also could it be something in the other 2 solenoids, i didnt think it did as it will spool out no worries. any help would be appreciated.

also should i earth the winch back to the battery or is to the frame good enough?

cheers
mick

THE SOLINOIDS DON'T HAVE CUT OUT IN THEM THEY WILL MELT DOWN GIVEN THE CHANCE. YOU SHOULD RETURN THE EARTH WIRE TO THE BATTERY IN ALL HIGH AMP REQUIRMENTS.

DAMO

thanks mate, i might just not be a tight arse and swap all of em, there about 15 years old. i was mucking around with it today and it wouldn't spool out on occasions too so yeah probly do em all. thanks again.

cheers
mick

What Voltage are you running 12/24v you can get solenoids with silver contacts witch will last longer or contacter packs witch will handle water to.

im running 12 volt. im thinking it could be a bad earth or something, ill have to check it out soon. from my interpretation of the wiring diaram, on two solenoids are uesd for foward and the other 2 for reverse, is this correct? so ive replaced the 2 forward ones and yeah sometime it wont sppol in but it will spool out. then after a while it will go in again so yeah its got me stuffed. ill just check all connections, and earth it to the battery and see how i go, then ill replace the other 2 solenoids. just a bit hesitant due to the price. i should have brought a titan solenoid. they sound like there the go.

cheers
mick