A winching question

In the thinking part of getting a winch/winch bumper. I have an Anderson connector on the front bumper, is it possible to wire the winch into another anderson connector fitted to the bumper then make a jump lead to go between the two connectors? That way the winch is only live when the lead is plugged in to both anderson connectors? The cable feeding the Anderson is hefty meter tails for an electric meter/fuse box!

Anyone got any comments about the following wing from the Bay of E?

Electric Winch 12V 4x4 13000 lb Winchmax Brand | eBay

As long as it carries enough amps plus spare, dont see why a connector would not work.
I had a king one tds winch. Cheapish but quite tough and durable. A secondhand superwinch would be better. Cheap winches are not up to mega abuse but if its not going to get hammered, a cheaper one may be ok.
Weld your bolts to the bumper or it will get pinched. Weld bumper too!

I'd prefer to have the winch hard wired for better performance. On my 300 Disco I had both an Anderson for jumping and the winch hard wired, it does mean that if you car dies and you need winching out still you could hook the jump leads up to a vehicle and power the winch I suppose

Buz said:

In the thinking part of getting a winch/winch bumper. I have an Anderson connector on the front bumper, is it possible to wire the winch into another anderson connector fitted to the bumper then make a jump lead to go between the two connectors? That way the winch is only live when the lead is plugged in to both anderson connectors? The cable feeding the Anderson is hefty meter tails for an electric meter/fuse box!

Anyone got any comments about the following wing from the Bay of E?

Electric Winch 12V 4x4 13000 lb Winchmax Brand | eBay

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Pay via credit card then if he shuts up shop they will have to repair / refund your winch if it goes wrong.
The Anderson connectors would have to rated to about 600Amps so might be quite large, I often see people using them but fitting the smaller ones.
Personally I would fit a solenoid to electrically isolate it by braking the positive supply.
Like this but rated at 600a,
SW61-115 Albright Single Pole Double Breaking 12V Solenoid | 80A
to do the job safely you should fit emergency stops to the vehicle that are wired in to the isolation solenoid circuit so they cut the power to the winch.
I feel you should never park the vehicle with power on to the winch as I did hear of a defender were some one had hooked the winch cable to the rear tow hitch and turned the winch on (easy to do with a piece of wire) you can imagine the damage to the body!

None of the SB Anderson connectors are rated at 600 amps.

The number after SB refers to the continuous current that the connector is rated at.

Details can be found HERE

Slight difference with the SB350 which is rated at 450 amps if fitted with 150mm2 cable Cable size for SB 350 is between 50-150mm2


Now the winch referred to has 35mm2 cable fitted and the current rating is 65-400 amp.

The SB connectors can carry higher currents then their rated currents for SHORT periods of time. For instance the SB175 can handle up to about 1,000 amps for periods of a few seconds of say 5-8 seconds then needs to cool off.



Brendan

Perhaps it will have to be wired direct, my only concern is attaching to the battery, I already have the front Anderson wired as well as a couple of direct wires (lights and aux fuse box) I'm also looking at wiring an Anderson to the rear as well, looks like a re-think is needed, could do with some kind of buzz bar for +ve and -ve :doh:

Depends on the size of the winch. A standard 9500 lb say would be fine on anderson for occasional use as long as the wire is adequate. But not useful for a challenge winch scenario

What does this set up seem like to you guys?
It will be used for greenlaning mainly, probably not a lot of use but want something that will work when its called upon!
Also the 9.5i is a bridge model, whats the difference?

Bumper and winch deal - Defender - Goodwinch

David Bowyer has a good reputation.

That price is PLUS VAT and possibly delivery charges.

That price is for a steel cable rather then the synthetic rope shown in the photograph which is +£145


Bridge model means solenoid pack mounted on winch. I prefer solenoid pack mounted remotely under the bonnet.



Brendan

I have never heard any bad about them.
The one thing I say to any one spending over £100 on anything at the moment, use your credit card as if the company shuts up shop then the card issuer is liable for any warrantys