warrenpfo
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Sorry for all the winch related questions but rather than combining them into one post i thought it best to split them out as it makes searching for them later that much easier.
As we all know it’s a good idea to use a winch isolator in case of an emergency one can stop the winch. It also stops little wandering hands doing stupid things with your winch if you are not around like un spooling it and hooking it onto your rear bumper and apparently cutting your car in half…..yet to see this happen or hear of it happening.
I was wondering:
Sorry lots of questions.
As we all know it’s a good idea to use a winch isolator in case of an emergency one can stop the winch. It also stops little wandering hands doing stupid things with your winch if you are not around like un spooling it and hooking it onto your rear bumper and apparently cutting your car in half…..yet to see this happen or hear of it happening.
I was wondering:
- If its best to get an isolator with a key so it can be “locked” or if that is over kill
- Is the best place to mount it in the engine bay as you have to then lift the bonnet adding in an extra level of safety or are the occasions when you would not want the bonnet open and so this would just be a hassle.
- Is it best to mount it closer to the battery or the winch and does it matter if the isolator is prior to the solenoid or after it?
- Can you use a battery isolator or does it need to be a winch isolator
- I have seen them switched from inside the cab with what I guess is a relay to switch the isolator. Would this be the money no object lazy man’s solution even if it’s not keeping it simple.
Sorry lots of questions.