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 03-19-2003, 07:39 Post: 51447
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  Winch drains Mule battery

I don't know the particular winch but I believe with most you don't expect an alternator to be able to power a winch. I seem to recall typical max power draws over 100A.

There's been discussion here about using several batteries and maybe deep discharge types.






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I'd figure things along these lines. A 75AH battery that's standard for many compacts will support a 75A load for an hour and then rapidly decline. That's likely less than a half-hour for many winches at max loads.

The regulator should protect the alternator when the battery goes flat, but such operation would ruin standard batteries before long.

I'd check the max load spec of the winch and just realize that a battery isn't going to support much continuous heavy work. I've never known enough about deep discharge batteries to know why they aren't recommended for vehicles. Possibly they don't produce enough cold-cranking amps.






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Thanks for filling in some of my blanks about deep-discharge batteries. Seems like I basicly got it right but if so then it was just good guessing on my part.






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