12 volt winch on 24 volts

Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Location: bunbury

i have a lowmount 8000 pound winch and was wondering if i could put 24 volts into it to speed it up.The winch is one of the chinese types and it runs dual solenoids in the control box

Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Location: gladstone qld

hey mate, im looking to do the same thing with a warn high mount, i just purchased a 6hp 12volt motor from arb in rockhampton qld, and talking to russell mason it seems that it will be fine, im still trying to figure out the best way to set up the system so that only the winch and secondary batteries run 24volt through them, the only trick i was told is that when the winch is under load dont continuosly winch in just tap click the button for a while then let it slow down and repeat the process this way the motor wont spin to fast and burn out, hope that kinda helps

Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Location: bunbury

thank you for the advice i was concerned about burning out the motor and was told if the winch stalls it will almost imediately be ruined

Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Location: gladstone qld

hey mate sorry i worded that wrong, its fine to winch flat out when its under load, but when theres no weight on the end of the cable thats when you dont winch in flat out, sorry about that