to those of you who run electric winches

[IDIoit]

do you have this kind of circuit breaker?

if so, how did you mount it?

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[laserjock]

I hate those. I think it's actually just 3 fuses added in parallel to make the amperage. About the only option is plastic. Either a plastic box or just a sheet of plastic to isolate it. On dads winch I enclosed all that in a section of PVC pipe but that's because it travels from tractor to truck cable and all.

 

[OLDBULL8]

That's a new one on me, never seen anything like that.
What size 12VDC circuit breaker do you need? Pretty sure I have some 10 - 15 - 20 - 30 and maybe a couple of 50 amp. There self resetting and screw mounting.
Need a pic?

 

[IDIoit]

That's a new one on me, never seen anything like that.
What size 12VDC circuit breaker do you need? Pretty sure I have some 10 - 15 - 20 - 30 and maybe a couple of 50 amp. There self resetting and screw mounting.
Need a pic?

yes please! ill check the ppwk on what size it is.
i would love to get rid of this thing.

 

[ifrythings]

You can always get one of these

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[Dieselcrawler]

Yep, ^^^^^ this. Also a master kill switch, incase a solenoid sticks

 

[laserjock]

Those are probably 50 or 100 amps a piece. For a total of 150-300 amps.

Big circuit breaker is a great idea.

Kill is a good idea too.

 

[DaveBen]

I used to do a lot of four wheeling in a Jeep I built. I put a Warn 8000 pound pull ***** on it and I used a CAT KEY that was rated for something like 1000 amps. I put it between the battery and the winch. No fuses or breakers. Worked perfectly for 20 some years.

 

[Kizer]

Here's what I did. I cut two notches in this J box.
Maybe a little redneck but it works.

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[jwalterus]

I just use an ANL fuse block and fuse

you can get them all the way up to 500amp IIRC
I have an assortment around between 50-300 amps anyways for stereo equip

 

[IDIoit]

You can always get one of these

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ordered one of these today.
will add a cut off later.

 

[DaveBen]

Here is what I had. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAT-CATERPI...609183?hash=item51d8cc27df:g:6J0AAOSwhAZWBsJR I did not see an amp rating...