Winch battery safety

[Desert Runner]

When using a winch, has it ever become a runaway, due to an electrical short? Have you done anything to minimize this from happening? As this poses a dangerous and destructive situation to your vehicle, has anyone installed a safety switch? or installed one separate from the battery.

First post, it should have had "WINCH" in the title page.

 

[Desert Runner]

I had a HD switch installed in the ARB bumper wing, that allowed me to have no current to the winch until the toggle was thrown. So if a bad situation happened, i could cut the currant, without opening the hood or fumbling for a wrench. It also put in place a system to mitigate any battery drain.

 

[madcratebuilder]

I used a Anderson connector on the winch wiring, I also relocated the controller to the engine bay.