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Winches and dual battery systems - ideal setup

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:52 am
by jsttry
Just curious how people would setup their winch (for non comp use) in the most ideal way and what battery types (not brands) they would use.

For example, would you connect to your primary battery since that charges first off the alternator, or would you connect to your secondary battery to ensure you can still start the car next time round?

Is the battery you connect the winch to more ideal to be a high CCA or a hybrid (high CCA/deep cycle) which would recover faster from the draining.

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:32 pm
by +dj_hansen+
Have a good read through the auto elec section, and find a thread started by gueey in general tech on batteries, all the info is there.

In general, winch to main as long & short, this is what is monitored for voltage by the alt amongst other things.

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:56 pm
by jsttry
You mean this one
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic166 ... highlight=

It only talks about best brands for a single battery setup....not what is being asked in this thread.

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:15 pm
by +dj_hansen+