3racing winch question

can i run a 3 racing winch directly off a 7.4v lipo battery

aka
7.4v 350mah losi micro battery - momentery on/off/on switch wired to do the forward/reversing - 3racing winch

no circuits at all?

(ps. i know how to wire the switch and stuff)

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Justin

Yeah they will, they are designed to run of straight 2s lipo. So no issues at all.

From my understanding it is only when you go up to a 3s that you start to have issues.

i run my 3racing winch off a small 6v nm battery under the bonnet of the hilux. that way i get no issues with draining the main battery if you are worried.

On another note, how do the racing winches like the wet stuff ?

RiZZa wrote:On another note, how do the racing winches like the wet stuff ?

The winches themselves are fine, just clean & lube the gear box after you've been out bogging. The control units dont like wanter at all, so keep them high & dry and it'll be fine.

i have actually put my transceiver inside an empty match box. perfect fit and then bound the whole thing up in electrical tape. no more water probs.

the battery im gunna power the winch off is a small losi micro lipo battery mounted inside a tictac box with the toggle switch inside it, wire down to a plug and hook it up like a plug in winch not remote.....

(i dont have a 3rd channel on my controller and dont have a wireless winch)

my 3racing winch still looks like new and shes been drenched many times......

its done and it works.......

battery next to a losi mini rx for size comparison

battery, came with my losi micro (seems to last a while dragging my truck up and down)

just gotta peel the stickers off, paint the casing and should look sweet

used the small hole on the bar for a mounting position


proof it works (WOOHOO......)
Quick Vid

very neat....except when the front of your truck is buried down in the mud how do you get at the plug ? not allowed to touch your truck when winching. ie lift it up to plug the switch in.

had you thought about mounting the plug a little higher, somewhere where it wont get filled with mud and dirt and be readily accessable if need be.

otherwise very ingenious and I have learnt something very cool.

yup, after i took the shots and actually looked at it i thought it might need to be re-located, thinken about using the fuel cap on the fake tank on the honcho tray

fuel tank swith is genius, i like it. thats a nice set up mate, how many winches you rekon you might get out of the small battery before it starts to struggle?

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i got 2metres of stainless wire around the winch and during test i dragged my honcho up and down my screen door about 13 times b4 i started getten bored and never once seemed to lag or strain and my truck weighs a friggen tonne after some of my latest work.... plus thats vertical pulls with no wheel assist, on ground it should be sweet

yea the vert lift is defintaly the big test. cool you shouldnt have any dramas out on the trails at all then.

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Great job Justin.....the false fuel cap idear is the go, 10/10 for comming up with the idear mate. Its just like a real one with the hand remote.