How to Power a Winch on the Trailer with the Vehicle's Battery
Published 08/17/2018
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For powering the winch on my car hauler, can I use a long positive cable to my vehicle battery and use a short negative cable to a chassis point at the back of my vehicle? I would like to use a heavy duty jumper cable type clamp. Do you have a recommended cable size to make that long run?
asked by: Joe
Helpful Expert Reply:
In order to power the Bulldog Winch Trailer Winch part # BDW15020 from the vehicle's battery I recommend using the Bulldog Winch Rear Wiring Kit part # BDW20206 which contains 20' of 2 AWG power and ground wire in addition to quick disconnects for both the trailer and vehicle side. I suppose you could ground the winch to a bare metal portion of the frame but it would be best to ground to the battery to prevent any future issues. This is a very popular kit that works really well.
I have attached an install video of the wiring kit for you as well.
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Bulldog Winch Trailer Winch - Synthetic Rope - Hawse Fairlead - 4,400 lbs
- Electric Winch
- Trailer Winch
- Planetary Gear
- 2.0 HP
- 4001 - 6000 lbs
- 11 - 20 lbs
- Slow - 0 to 4 fpm
- Plug-In Remote
- Synthetic Rope
- Bulldog Winch
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