JEEPWERX CJ7 Buggy Style

[JEEPWERX]

No I wasn't
Winch direct to batteries
I was figuring going heavy to compensate for extra distance.
Most winches come with 5 ft of cable not 8.5
I have 2 ga to get me up and running. I guess I'll upgrade later if necessary.

[etk300ex]

welding cable has more, smaller strands of copper and more HD jacket, more bendable.  For a winch the cables not moving, no real benefit.

[JEEPWERX]

Agreed
Not worth the extra price tag

[M4wdFab]

get the HD moroso disconnect- 1000amps continous.  its like 90$  there is nothing else cheaper that will keep up with the draws of racing fans / coolers/ ect

[etk300ex]

My 3rd HF one has been holding for a while now

[mr.mindless]

I still want to put one of these at my battery
http://www.littelfuse.com/~/media/files/littelfuse/technical%20resources/documents/ch%20docs/littelfuse_d-647.pdf

I don't know if it would really handle winch load, and it's about a $70 experiment

[etk300ex]

Littlefuse is quality

[M4wdFab]

i burned up a 500amp continuous 5 finger discount unit already on that car

[mr.mindless]

did the winch go through it back then? no way starter load fried a 500a switch...

[M4wdFab]

no winch ever has gone through

[etk300ex]

Random winch look up Warn M8000: 435 amps @ 12V

I did not know they drew that much

[JEEPWERX]

Looks like mine is good.
1500 amps @ 10 seconds
775 @ 1 min
500 @ 5 min
300 continuous

I wasn't planning to run the winch through it... don't see the purpose?
Is it requires for racing

[mr.mindless]

not required, the winch may bypass the shutoff - and most do.

[M4wdFab]

my opinion only 300 amp continuous will fail. 

[etk300ex]

I dont understand why the failure with these things, piece of copper with a bolt in the middle.  Make it better! lol