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24 volt warn winch
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:23 pm
by hedgy
My mate just bought a 24 volt high mount winch and wants to know exactly what is needed other than bridged dual batterys to run winch.
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:01 pm
by ludacris
If your vehicle is not already 24v you will need to run a seperate 24v system including a alternator. If it is a daily driver just buy a 12 v winch motor and solonoid to replace the 24v stuff.
Cris
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:20 pm
by GUtripper
Here's a question...... do 24V winches pull half the amps of a similar 12V winch?
So can you get by with a 50A 24v alternator? Or would a higher amp 24v alternator be better?
Assuming you have say 2 x 100A batteries in series to form a 24v bank, do you then have a full 200A available, or only 50A?
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:06 am
by ludacris
GUtripper wrote:Here's a question...... do 24V winches pull half the amps of a similar 12V winch?
So can you get by with a 50A 24v alternator? Or would a higher amp 24v alternator be better?
Assuming you have say 2 x 100A batteries in series to form a 24v bank, do you then have a full 200A available, or only 50A?
You double the volts and halve the amps by what I have been told. So yes a 50 amp 24v alt is fine.
We run a 55 amp bosch 24v alt and it does the job fine in winch challengers.
Cris