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Old 12-30-2013, 05:51 AM   #1
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Default Winch installation options

Posted this in "Electric CC" but it's actually an electric GC issue so thought you guys might have input:

Current ride (it's used as a hunting buggy):
'07 CC DS IQ 48V
6" Allsports lift -22 inch tires
New Powertron P8000 batteries X 6 (manufactured 24th week of 2013)
Nivel 48V/12V 30A DC converter
ScottyB's DVM

Unexpectedly received a 3K# winch for Christmas and have been reading here and elsewhere about ways to power it. These seem to be the top 3 options and my concerns with each:

1) 16V from 2 batteries - don't want to mess with uneven DofC among batteries and supplying higher voltage to winch
2) Connect to converter - winch draws way more than 30A under load
3) Add 12V auxiliary battery - concerned about extra weight, where to put it and hassle of having to charge this battery separately

Woke up thinking about the following this morning. This is an ATV/UTV winch. It is supposed to be powered by the cranking battery of a ATV/UTV or even a gas GC. That battery would be charged/recharged by an alternator/generator. In my case with an electric GC, I have a 48V/12V converter that could be used to charge/recharge a small 12V battery (the size of an ATV cranking battery) that could in turn, be used to power the winch. This size battery would be easy to mount and would supply proper voltage and amps to the winch. If a device exists to charge/recharge that battery with the 12V from the converter, that would address my concern about uneven DofC on the pack.

So, am I overthinking this? I’ve searched here and elsewhere for a better solution that I can live with but haven’t found it yet. Wide open for other ways to do this.
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Old 12-30-2013, 07:25 AM   #2
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Default Re: Winch installation options

The best way is a 12v battery standalone. If you have 6v batteries in you cart you COULD connect to two of them if you had too. Then if you used the winch you could manually charge those two back to balance the pack. You got 8v batts so that's why I would recommend the standalone 12v battery.

You won't find a voltage converter that can handle the winch amp draw. You would have to buy several and parallel them together, a costly solution with many things to go wrong.
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Old 12-30-2013, 08:36 AM   #3
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Just a thought you do not need to post 3 times
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Old 12-30-2013, 09:54 AM   #4
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I see only one post?
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