Pliny
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I suspect that most people install their winch using the electrical cables supplied with the winch. Back in the early 90's, installed a 9k winch on my Toyota pickup using 1/0 welding cable because the electrical cables that came with it didn't seem up to the task. For our gladiator I'm planning on a Zeon 10-s. The Warn site shows a peak amp draw of a little over 400 amps. I believe it comes with #2 AWG cables to connect to the battery.
Found a supplier that sells 25 foot coils of SGX (125C) battery cable. The cost difference between #2 and #2/0 AWG is only ~$40, so my inclination is to get something bigger than what comes with the winch. They don't list the number of strands in the cable, or the overall diameter, so don't know how flexible it would be or how difficult it would be to route it to the winch.
If you have installed your winch with larger diameter cable I am interested to know the size cable you used and the amp draw of your winch to help me decide on what size cable to use.
Found a supplier that sells 25 foot coils of SGX (125C) battery cable. The cost difference between #2 and #2/0 AWG is only ~$40, so my inclination is to get something bigger than what comes with the winch. They don't list the number of strands in the cable, or the overall diameter, so don't know how flexible it would be or how difficult it would be to route it to the winch.
If you have installed your winch with larger diameter cable I am interested to know the size cable you used and the amp draw of your winch to help me decide on what size cable to use.
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