I have 2 items on this page that I have added to my Warn winch to enhance it
Ramsey Wireless Remote For A Warn Winch
installed on a 2nd gen 4Runner
The beauty of this gadget is you don't have any
remote cable to get in your way.
I have tested this a few times and there is no
delay. Push the in/out buttons on the car alarm like transmitter, and it
works instantly just like if you were using the cable remote.
Below are some pictures of the setup.
The "1st" one breaks down the four components
that make up the kit.
The "2nd" one shows the receiver mounted to the
inside fender. This was about the only place to mount it as my engine bay
is getting crammed.
The "3rd" one shows the route I took to hide
the solenoid cable and antenna wire behind the windshield washer fluid
bottle.
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The "4th" one shows the antenna setup. It uses
a magnetic base and can mounted just about anywhere.
The antenna also unscrews from the base, and
a red cap replaces it.
The "5th" one shows the receiver cable to the
solenoid pack. The kit comes with sticky back wire receptacles making storing
the cable very convenient.
A simple snap and the units open up allowing
you to remove the cable to plug in to the solenoid.
The "6th" one shows the receiver cable plugged
in to the solenoid. I only have to unsnap two of the three cable holders
to be able to plug the receiver cable into the solenoid.
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You can see the remote in use in some videos from one of our outings in April of 2002 here.
Since my winches solenoid box is mounted on my
bumper, a malicious person could come by and take a paper clip and insert
it into the terminals and activate my winch without my presence.
Can you imagine the destruction if said person
took your winch line and took it back up over your roof and hooked it to
your rear bumper?
They could crush your roof of your rig like a
sardine can.
With the addition of the kit, I now have a switch
inside the cockpit that must be turned on to energize the Warn relay part
which in turn then supplies the power to the 2 gauge cable going to the
winches solenoid.
I did not however use the supplied switch as
it was not a flat mounting type. I had a Hella switch that had came with
me Hella 500 lamps, and I drilled a hole in the plastic that is in front
of the console and flush mounted it there.
To now use the winch all I have to do is first
make sure the switch is turned on first.
Here is a picture from Warn showing the parts
to the kit.
The kit merely consists of the solenoid/relay,
a section of 2 gauge wire that goes from it to your battery, a switch,
and the necessary wiring that goes from the switch to the solenoid/relay.
All electrical parts on the solenoid are covered
with thick rubber boots to prevent shorting on anything under the hood.
Below are some pictures of the setup.
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I also included here a real neat PDF file
from Warn that explains the operation of the Warn winch and basic operation
of it.
Also included here is a winch
safety video from Ramsey's winch site.
Watch this video, it could save your life.
It is 11.6 MB, so you might want to right click the above link and
save it, then watch it.
If you have any further questions, please contact me,
Corey
YotaTech
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