[AT] Winch Battery

[David Rotigel]

Hi Andy,
	I don't know if this is of any use to you or not, but what the hell. Several years ago (when I was hauling the Austral) I ran a wire (think it was 04 welding cable) from my truck battery back to the rear end of the truck. I then put a plug near the bumper hitch, and used the frame of the truck as a ground (thus only having to run one wire from the battery back to the plug at the bumper hitch). I then put a plug outlet on the ends of a set of jumper cables and would use them to connect the outlet to the winch battery. The whole setup cost me LESS that a good battery would have AND I ALWAYS had a fully charged battery, i.e. that one (actually two--it is a diesel) in the truck to run the winch. Just a thought you may want to consider.
	Dave

On Feb 18, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Andy Glines <andyglines at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dave, It isn't quite broken yet but it doesn't look good.  The starting battery has been used for 2 seasons and the winch and pump run slower than they used to.  I've checked connections and they are all tight.  I don't want to ruin another expensive starting battery so I'll look for a marine start battery.  We have a pretty good battery supplier here so I'll see what kind of deal I can get.   		 	   		  
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