Sorry that picture didn’t load for me so I didn’t see it. No I would use an ANL type fuse.You suggest something like this, just pop it on the positive lead and be done with? (and keep a spare handy). 300,400 or 500A?
Yeah I got that
read the sentence before that. I asked myself that as I still had to get my fat ass out to run the winch 
Thanks! Watched. I lost a lot of my Threads a while back when I was clearing out the watched threads and accidentally hit "clear all". Oops.Hey bud,
In my build thread there’s like a quick reference list of where stuff is (I got to where I can’t remember all of it, and scrolling through was a pain in the ass,
Forgot all about that. Definitely got to pick your setup with what you’re installing. But yes got to have that fuse! A little PM once in a while is never a bad thing either.
I knew the duty cycle was bad. Just not that bad.Here, i looked it up for everyone.
HF Badland winch
The Ametek solenoid
Now, I'm not an electrical guy so I very well could be wrong, but these data sheets seem to say that the HF winch can pull 448A for the full 45 second duty cycle. From a quick google, I don't think that the peak/inrush current rating on that solenoid is for a 45 second interval. Add to that the break current of 300A, and there's a decent likelihood that with a long, heavy pull, that solenoid is toast. And yes, a 12k pound pull is unlikely on a normal jeep, but a 9k pull would do it too, and that seems much more doable - heavy jeep, uphill, deep snow or large rock ledge adding a lot of resistance, etc. Again, I could be wrong, but that's what the data seems to say.
Yes that solenoid would not last very long on a heavy pull. But to be clear it has nothing to do with the duty cycle, nor the break current. Break current is just what it can do / handle as the solenoid is disengaging and the magnetic field is collapsing. Not at 300 amps this thing is gonna die. And all honestly slap it in the engine bay and it’s gonna die even quicker.Here, i looked it up for everyone.
HF Badland winch
The Ametek solenoid
Now, I'm not an electrical guy so I very well could be wrong, but these data sheets seem to say that the HF winch can pull 448A for the full 45 second duty cycle. From a quick google, I don't think that the peak/inrush current rating on that solenoid is for a 45 second interval. Add to that the break current of 300A, and there's a decent likelihood that with a long, heavy pull, that solenoid is toast. And yes, a 12k pound pull is unlikely on a normal jeep, but a 9k pull would do it too, and that seems much more doable - heavy jeep, uphill, deep snow or large rock ledge adding a lot of resistance, etc. Again, I could be wrong, but that's what the data seems to say.
Not really that it’s under spec parts. It’s got more to do with how electrical items work and the fact it’s a 12v system. Lower voltage is going to equal more amperage and more heat. Parts get to hot they die.
You don't need 100% duty cycle but it wouldn't take much to get it up from 5% to 10 or 15% and have a much more usable and reliable winch.
I referenced the duty cycle cause that’s the longest pull you could do. It’s just the way to get a time component.
It is 2 minutes, and it's 600A at that time. Neither break nor inrush are the same as "peak".
Ahh see the data sheet i found didn't have that info.
Inrush is usually like a fraction of a second. Peak (sometimes called intermittent) is a limited time as defined by the manufacturer. It's not a perfectly defined system, but inrush is shorter than peak which is shorter than continuous, timewise.
Gotcha. That's why I'm mechanical. I only know enough electrical to get very specific things done.
