Kirbyv1

I have a cheap winch that came on my Recon that was bought from Harbor Freight. I am not sure if it is any good and I dont not have to remote for it. So is there any way I can run power to it and use a toggle switch to make sure it works before I spend the money on a new mandle bar mounted switch?

Thanks for the help

Mr. Big

When I was in this situation...you can just hook up the two wire leads from the winch to a 12v battery. (I used a car battery) When you touch them to the posts...it should turn...if you flip the wires and hook them up opposite...it should go the other direction. hope this helps.

Mr. Big

a cheap 5 dollar toggle from the hardware store isn't going to work for the winch. you need a heavy duty switch that will take the amperage. just an fyi

Kirbyv1

Thanks for the info. I just want to make sure it works before spending the money on a new winch switch.

toodeep

Just hook the cables coming out of the winch to the battery and it should go in/out (depending on which way they are hooked up) just like Mr.Big said.

digger 66

Go over to harbourfreight and tell them you lost the remote they're universal.

Kirbyv1

Thanks for the help guys a friend gave me a warn control and its all hooked up and ready to pull. Appreciate the help