Off-Road Ranger III
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- First Name
- Bjoern
- Last Name
- Eldracher
- Member #
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20111
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- DO3BE
I recently watched a very good Youtube tutorial about winches some days ago. They mentioned an idea I thought was good and I did it right away on my rig: A small LED light above the winch to see the drum in the dark.
The LED is wired so that it is always on when the winch solenoid is powered. This means I can now easily see how the rope is spooling even if it is dark. Small cause, big effect. Nice side-effect: in case I forget to switch the power off for the winch, I will realise it because the lamp is still on.
By the way, I used a mini license plate light for this:
For those who are interested in the mentioned video. The video is available on a German offroad Youtube channel. It's in German but maybe a translator does the trick.
The LED is wired so that it is always on when the winch solenoid is powered. This means I can now easily see how the rope is spooling even if it is dark. Small cause, big effect. Nice side-effect: in case I forget to switch the power off for the winch, I will realise it because the lamp is still on.
By the way, I used a mini license plate light for this:
For those who are interested in the mentioned video. The video is available on a German offroad Youtube channel. It's in German but maybe a translator does the trick.
