Earl Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 HI Any know what current a Husky Winch Takes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Depends what load its under. maximum current draw will be in the region of a couple of hundred amps. why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troddenmasses Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 The husky has a 4.2hp motor on it, which is effectively 3.132Kw. If your battery could keep on supplying 12 volts, this would be 261 amps. Unfortunately, no battery that you could carry in a vehicle could do that. A good battery will drop to around 7.5 volts under full load. That would relate to 417 amps. The Superwinch website gives a value of 405 amps, so I guess that the calcs are about right. Superwinch Husky Of course, that is at full load, without being stalled. I would want to make sure that my wiring could cope with quite a bit more than that for short times. I used the thickest multistrand cable that vehicle wiring products sell, and it still gets somewhat warm to the touch after heavy winching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 for a 400a draw from a winch you could also use industrial welder earth cable......might even be more suited to the application...you maybe winching for several minutes Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoatBuoy Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 (steve b @ May 14 2007, 12:54 PM) for a 400a draw from a winch you could also use industrial welder earth cable......might even be more suited to the application...you maybe winching for several minutesSteveb Yup welding cable is ideal for the job. Very flexiable & cheap. Also the X-eng split charge is a good buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 [troll] I can tell you the amps for a 'nice Hydraulic' winch [/troll] Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 HI Any know what current a Husky Winch Takes ? Yep, I do weights in pounds --amps draw [12V version] 0 -- 65 2000 -- 125 4000 -- 190 6000 -- 255 8000 -- 320 8500 -- 340 from my Husky owners manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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