|
Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: winch wiring
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by txblu on July 26, 2004 at 09:14:53 from (199.46.199.232):
In Reply to: winch wiring posted by Joe on July 26, 2004 at 07:41:59:
I realize it takes a certain amount of "work" (energy expended at a certain rate) to move a mass a certain distance in a given time. With that said, you might look at your winch specs and battery specs and see if cutting your load current in half gives you any lift (other than lowering the wiring heat loss). I assume you are directly connecting the winch to the tractor. If you deadman your winch cable to the trailer and put a pulley between it and the winch, tieing the pulley to the tractor, your ampere draw on your winch will be twice as long in duration, but half the pull (half the load is between the tractor and deadman and half on the winch. The winch just has to run twice as long as it has to pull in twice the length of cable, but using at least half, maybe less amperage to do it. You'll loose a tad in efficiency in the pulley,
but the ampere draw being less (may be a lot less due to winch efficiency at lower current/load), takes stress off all the parts supplying power to the winch and if nothing else since heat is current squared times wiring resistance, you will be quartering your heat loss in your battery, wiring and terminals. Mark
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
| Order Support
Today's Featured Article -
12-Volt Conversions for 4-Cylinder Ford 2000 & 4000 Tractors - by Tommy Duvall. After two summers of having to park my old 1964 model 4000 gas 4 cyl. on a hill just in case the 6 volt system, for whatever reason, would not crank her, I decided to try the 12 volt conversion. After some research of convert or not, I decided to go ahead, the main reason being that this tractor was a working tractor, not a show tractor (yet). I did keep everything I replaced for the day I do want to restore her to showroom condition.
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1958 FORD RARE 4x4 801 TRACTOR, ELENCO/FRONT DRIVE, FRONTLOADER AND WEIGHTED REAR WHEELS, FIVE SPEED, LIVE PTO, GAS ENGINE, NEW REAR WHEELS AND TIRES, ENGINE RUNS.
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2026 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|
