Good Morning ,
I am at the tail end of a VR800 Warn Winch install and am dealing with the electrical side of things. I am relocating the solenoid box under the hood and have plans and materials to deal with the new cables (1/0 welding cable and proper battery lugs).
I don’t have a giant budget at the moment but one thing that needs to be addressed is the battery. I don’t remember the size of my battery except that I checked and it is only 500 Cold Cranking Amps. It is modestly sized as it isn’t stuffed into the battery location.
Warn recommends in the manual that the battery be 650 Cold Cranking Amps minimum. My dilemma is that I have a wheeling trip coming up in a week and a half and I want to have this winch connected by then. I have run this trail a handful of times before with no recovery needed but if there is a chance I have to pull the cable for myself or someone else is the worst thing that will happen to my small battery is that it could be zapped/dead? I will take that chance as I will be in company that can help a jeep with a dead battery.
Can the battery theoretically explode because of the amp draw?
BTW I plan on buying the biggest Sears diehard battery I can fit when the money comes in.
TIA
Nick
I am at the tail end of a VR800 Warn Winch install and am dealing with the electrical side of things. I am relocating the solenoid box under the hood and have plans and materials to deal with the new cables (1/0 welding cable and proper battery lugs).
I don’t have a giant budget at the moment but one thing that needs to be addressed is the battery. I don’t remember the size of my battery except that I checked and it is only 500 Cold Cranking Amps. It is modestly sized as it isn’t stuffed into the battery location.
Warn recommends in the manual that the battery be 650 Cold Cranking Amps minimum. My dilemma is that I have a wheeling trip coming up in a week and a half and I want to have this winch connected by then. I have run this trail a handful of times before with no recovery needed but if there is a chance I have to pull the cable for myself or someone else is the worst thing that will happen to my small battery is that it could be zapped/dead? I will take that chance as I will be in company that can help a jeep with a dead battery.
Can the battery theoretically explode because of the amp draw?
BTW I plan on buying the biggest Sears diehard battery I can fit when the money comes in.
TIA
Nick