GraniteCrystal
New member
When you install, check my build thread for how to thread the line thru if you go with synthetic. It's a freaking pain to get thru till you know how to do it. Congrats on the winch!
Zeon 8 vs Zeon 10
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CarolinaJK
New member
Thanks man! I definitely will look it over! [emoji111]🏽️
Chris Gearhart
New member
Yah, threading synthetic on the 10 is a bugbear lol.
TrainWreck618
Caught the Bug
I don't know how the expect you to pull that line through with the cheap zip tie they send with it.. I broke a few zip ties and hurt my hands before grabbing some ground wire yanking that line through!
WJCO
Meme King
Warn re-posted a video on youtube. They recommend wire now instead of zipties. Comes with winches too now they say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzrk13HKr_U
CarolinaJK
New member
That video seems to clarify a whole lot better than the original zip-tie video. Thanks for posting!
CarolinaJK
New member
As of right now, whoever can get it to me the quickest.
JAGS
Hooked
Give quadratec a call. They'll match any price and has free shipping. If you get a decent sales rep, you may get a bonus gift with purchase.
If something goes wrong, they have great customer service and have been around forever.
CarolinaJK
New member
I may just have to do that! Thanks for the recommendation!
CarolinaJK
New member
One last question, will my stock battery work with the winch?
WJCO
Meme King
Absolutely. Battery upgrade not needed.
CarolinaJK
New member
Awesome! I saw on FB that some guy said this
WJCO
Meme King
I have yet to see anything like this happen. I would love to hear what others have to say on this. CCA on a battery to me would be irrelevant if engine is running while winching, but I could be wrong.
EDIT: For my own curiosity, I looked into this further. I can't find any evidence to support that an OEM 600CCA battery would cause an issue. With that being said, Warn's website does still recommend a minimum of 650CCA. Still, if your engine is running, I can't see CCAs being a factor at all unless you were using the winch so extremely that it was draining the battery to the point where alternator couldn't keep up. To me this still isn't a CCA issue for the battery.
And as far as the solenoid burning out and winch being a ticking time bomb, I call bullshit. In a situation where a battery was supplying too little amperage, the load component(winch) just wouldn't work.
That's my thoughts on it. And in my short research, I found plenty of people stating they were running a stock battery with no issues at all, fyi.
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CarolinaJK
New member
Thanks for taking the time to do some research as well. I "googled" for well over an hour on the subject and came to the same conclusion, but this guy seemed adamant about the whole ordeal so I wanted to be positive.
DWiggles
Caught the Bug
This is fact. If the engine is running, Your winch is running off the charging system anyway and has nothing to do with the CCA of the battery.
I agree with this as well. I am running a stock battery with my PowerPlant12 with no issues also. :thumb: But I do NOT winch without the engine running. I have used the air compressor without the engine running to air up though...
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NevadaZielmeister
Caught the Bug
Carolina,
You did the right thing here. You did not blindly take some guy's rant as fact leading to a decision that you might regret later.
CCA, standing for Cold Cranking Amps, is just that, when everything is cold and it is able to provide a certain rated amount of amperage over a certain amount of time.
As for a reduced amount of amperes causing damage to a motor is complete conjecture and based on my college Physics classes, complete bullshit.
CarolinaJK
New member
Thanks guys! This is why I love this forum so much. Giving Trail Jeeps a call as we speak!
WJCO
Meme King
I would reply to him with a link to this thread. Just because, lol.