I'm re-running the massive wires for my winch so I can get the solenoids off of the unit and safely under the hood, and hook up in-cab cotrol to boot.
I have a nice open empty spot on the passenger side, up near the firewall in front of the charcoal cannister, seems lie ka nice place for the solenoids. Other potential locale would be the opposite side beside the brake MC.
i've swapped my battery and AFM, so putting it on the pass. side means running cabe across the radiator/engine bay... grr...
But I was thinking - what about instead feeding the solenoid box off of the primary wire going to the starter? E.g. add a loop on the starter hot contact. That already has a nice 2 ga deadicated line going to it, then maybe ground to the engine block (since the battery ground goes right there anyway).
Everything else on the truck runs off of the alternator/fuse block primary, leaving only the starter to "share" the line... but I can't think of any reason to ever run the starter and winch simultaneously, either...?
Thoughts?