Winch Wiring / Electrical Question

[TheGoodHummerMan]

I just looked and my winch draws 425 amps @ 9500 lb line pull. I guess that the 150 amp breaker would pop at anything over 2000 lbs line pull...

Dumb question for me to have asked... I was basing my question on the fact that the rear cable is listed at 175 amps. A whole different matter? But, come to think of it, what does that 175 amp rating mean. Obviously the cable can handle the winch which will be drawing up to 425 amps...

PhilD: My son just "helped" me install the rear cable on my H2. He used a fish tape, inserting it into the outboard-hole in the driver's side frame rail accessible behind the front wheel. After a bit of "fishing" the fish tape came out of the frame rail at the rear of the H2. He then attached both of the 2-gauge cables from the rear wiring harness and slowly pulled them back through the frame rails. The cables only hung up slighty a couple of times during the process. It "looked" like it wasn't too hard getting the cable ends worked out of the rail opening and after pulling the slack up, he routed the cables up into the engine compartment. After inspecting everything carefully --- I have to say that the installation couldn't be any neater. It does appear that the shorter, 20 foot, cable harness would have been more than enough. The 24-foot cables will need to be shortened and re-terminated to avoid having a giant roll of 2-gauge cable rolled up in the engine compartment... and I paid extra for that extra 4-feet of cable...

The solenoid disconnect kit came with the winch and cables and it looks like the entire assembly will have a neat & professional appearance. Now that I know that installing a circuit breaker is not an option --- all my son has to do is mount the inside switch for remotely energizing the solenoid. I plan on mounting the switch below the rear wiper switch, where other's on the forum have installed switches for fog lights.

Don: Hopefully the 9.5ti winch I am installing will warn me of overheating problems before I do a china-syndrome on my battery terminals...

Thanks for the info!

Ed