Trace your wires with a multimeter on ohms/beep and make sure you have continuity.
-Mac
Got it figured out...switched some ground wires on the switch. Must have been that way to work with the Smittybilt....
Trace your wires with a multimeter on ohms/beep and make sure you have continuity.
-Mac
Warn went to a 5-pin controller years ago so you could instantly disable the winch/stop it in emergency by pulling the remote control's plug at the winch. Doing so disables/interrupts the ground connection the solenoids require to operate.
You can convert it to 3-wire operation by hard-wiring the solenoid's ground connection directly to ground inside the winch instead of it having to run through the remote control first. There's a "daisy-chain" ground connection running between each solenoid, that's what you would hard-wire to ground so a 3-wire remote like from 12voltguy will work.
I know this is an old thread, but I'm doing some planning, and I wanted to understand the safety feature of the two ground wires. Is the idea that the remote should complete the ground — so that's how pulling the remote plug stops the winch? If so, is the safest option to wire the in-cab switches to a plug (the end of the Warn remote), and only plug that into the winch when necessary?
I assume I could acquire the plug wire from an old (even non-working) remote from e-bay or something, and then keep it tucked up inside the engine compartment when I'm on pavement.
I wired my in cab controller to a master power toggle switch. The only way the buttons in the jeep will work is if the master toggle is on.
The 5th wire is a ground wire that loops through the remote control. Unplug the remote control and the control side of all of the solenoids lose their ground connection shutting them off.
I personally did not keep it wired that way. Lawyers have too much say in product design in my personal opinion. The starter motor has a very similar design and connection to the electrical system and doesn't have or need an extra layer of redundant safety interlocks.Do you think I should maintain that “feature” with the in-cab controls? I could probably find a used remote and use that to wire up the winch, rather than directly wiring it.