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Old 02-24-2012, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by dakota jack View Post
the electrician who wired my winch suggests the opposite may be true. idling while winching puts a huge drain on a typical alternator, which goes all out and can burn up trying to meet the demand. his suggestion is to actually winch off the battery, which i have now done many times, and simply keep a spare booster battery on hand in case the battery is drawn to zero.
i have a good size interstate battery and by being careful i have never killed it, even pulling vehicles out of snow, but i have the booster just in case.
find a new electrician.
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