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I have this old Chinese "tabor" with 4 solenoids. The remote is long gone.... anyone have a diagram to wire up a remote incab switch?

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Looks like the relays are paired. 2 for out, 2 for in.
 
RSWORDS said:
I have this old Chinese "tabor" with 4 solenoids. The remote is long gone.... anyone have a diagram to wire up a remote incab switch?

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The top two solenoid have some leads going off, one is in one is out. Get 12v from in the cab or send it from the winch, if you send it from the winch it probably won't be fused...
 
This is a warn 4 solenoid set up. The 3 wires are for the in-cab controller. The black is positive. The white and green are the in and out. Go to harbor freight, get a cheap volt meter. YouTube has plenty of videos to show you how to figure out which is in and which is out. Here’s another tip. Use a construction grade extension cord for the in-cab controller. It has 3 separate isolated wires with a durable outer housing. You only have to feed a single cord through the rig.
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RSWORDS said:
I have this old Chinese "tabor" with 4 solenoids. The remote is long gone.... anyone have a diagram to wire up a remote incab switch?

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The 3 wire in the bottom of the pic are your control leads.

1 is tied the the primary 12v power
The other 2 are connected to your control studs for their respective pairs.

A double momentary switch (on) off (on) and enough extention cord to get to were you want.
 
You can grab fuses power from in the cab send two switch legs out for the direction.
 
Soo maybe a tuesday question, but I assume you could wire a in-cab setup and still leave your normal remote setup intact...with no ill effects?
 
Tou can run as many switches as you want.

Before I rewired an 8274, I had similar questions. However, it's just as simple as either powering the in or out solenoid.

Learn from my experience and don't run only an in cab switch. Really sucks when you're by yourself. Also, it's a good idea to have a separate activate/kill switch. Otherwise a kid can just hop in, start hitting buttons and fuck up the winch.
 
I second everything total newb says. I have an extension cord wired to a switch in the cab. The rig can be turned off and if you hit the button the winch will spoil whatever direction you pressed.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
Tou can run as many switches as you want.

it's a good idea to have a separate activate/kill switch. Otherwise a kid can just hop in, start hitting buttons and fuck up the winch.
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Yes, a primary on/off switch is a good idea.

I also had a set of 3 lights that i mounted to my panel, red was on, green for each dirrection when activated.
 
I’m having some problems with my in cab control. It is for a Warn XD9000i. I’m pulling (+) from the cigarette lighter, the switch is grounded inside the cab, and I’m getting 12 volts to the solenoid in the winch when I push the button, but the winch isn’t spoiling.

When I check the voltage on the solenoid using the plug in controller it puts 10 volts to one small lug on the solenoid and 1.5 to the other small lug.
my switch is putting 12 volts to both small lugs.


What am I missing?
 
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RunningProblem said:
I’m having some problems with my in cab control. It is for a Warn XD9000i. I’m pulling (+) from the cigarette lighter, the switch is grounded inside the cab, and I’m getting 12 volts to the solenoid in the winch when I push the button, but the winch isn’t spoiling.

When I check the voltage on the solenoid using the plug in controller it puts 10 volts to one small lug on the solenoid and 1.5 to the other small lug.
my switch is putting 12 volts to both small lugs.


What am I missing?
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If you have 1.5v on the opposite 12v lug you don't have a good ground on that lug.
 
Thats a fairly new winch, i assume it has 5 wire pin out?

You may be sending 13v to it but it may not be getting switched ground
 
This is what I’m trying to figure out. Winch spools in/out with the hand control just fine.

Is my ground to the switch possible a problem? When I check voltage at the switch and everywhere along the wire it always reads 12 or more.


CarterKraft ill clean up the small lug grounds I guess.
 
RunningProblem said:
This is what I’m trying to figure out. Winch spools in/out with the hand control just fine.

Is my ground to the switch possible a problem? When I check voltage at the switch and everywhere along the wire it always reads 12 or more.


CarterKraft ill clean up the small lug grounds I guess.
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I can't help with a 5 pin control, I don't have any of those. You should have zero volts on the - post and 12+ on the positive post. If you see voltage where a ground should be you will have fire/heat or you don't have a ground there and are reading the 12v - the resistance of the coil.
 
CarterKraft said:
I can't help with a 5 pin control, I don't have any of those. You should have zero volts on the - post and 12+ on the positive post. If you see voltage where a ground should be you will have fire/heat or you don't have a ground there and are reading the 12v - the resistance of the coil.
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It’s the same 4 solenoid Warn setup as above. Wired from Warn this way. All I added was a switch sending 12 volts positive to the same green wire post but somehow when I do it from a switch it doesn’t work. I don’t know about fire/heat problems.
 
RunningProblem said:
It’s the same 4 solenoid Warn setup as above. Wired from Warn this way. All I added was a switch sending 12 volts positive to the same green wire post but somehow when I do it from a switch it doesn’t work. I don’t know about fire/heat problems.
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Id be curious if you can pull enough current from a cigarette lighter plug to send down a wire to a solenoid, solenoid need a high in rush current to pull the armature.
 
RunningProblem said:
I’m having some problems with my in cab control. It is for a Warn XD9000i. I’m pulling (+) from the cigarette lighter, the switch is grounded inside the cab, and I’m getting 12 volts to the solenoid in the winch when I push the button, but the winch isn’t spoiling.

When I check the voltage on the solenoid using the plug in controller it puts 10 volts to one small lug on the solenoid and 1.5 to the other small lug.
my switch is putting 12 volts to both small lugs.


What am I missing?
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Like others have said, you don't have a good ground.
 
RunningProblem said:
Does the ground need to be on the winch?
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Possibly.

Here is a x9000 sol wiring setup. Note the lower part of the pic withe 2 blacks. "Black from sol to sol panel" the blck from the remote going back to the same point.

By grounding in the cab and not sending it back youre not providing ground when switch sends 12v.
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total newb said:
By grounding in the cab and not sending it back youre not providing ground when switch sends 12v.
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This was a thought I had as the only reason it wouldn’t work but didn’t do anything because write ups on the switch said to only run white/black/green and nothing for ground.
 
total newb when I ground the switch to the battery negative terminal where the winch is connected I still get 12 volts on both sides of each solenoid. Nothing different than when I ground it in the cab.

Suggestions?
 
total newb said:
Again. That should be for the common 3 wire setup.
What you have is 5.


Get some decent pics.
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Green wire from the switch to the green wire Warn uses.
Ground to battery.
12 volts sent to the green wire connected to the same location Warn sends a 12 volt signal to make it spoool.


When I hit the switch nothing happens.

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Connect a test light (12 volt head light bulb) and activate the switch and I hear the relay click when I connect the small post without the green wire on it to the lug st the top.

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RunningProblem said:
I’m having some problems with my in cab control. It is for a Warn XD9000i. I’m pulling (+) from the cigarette lighter, the switch is grounded inside the cab, and I’m getting 12 volts to the solenoid in the winch when I push the button, but the winch isn’t spoiling.

When I check the voltage on the solenoid using the plug in controller it puts 10 volts to one small lug on the solenoid and 1.5 to the other small lug.
my switch is putting 12 volts to both small lugs.


What am I missing?
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You are missing selected ground.

Heres a different diagram, i searched x9000i before not xd9000i.

So in this dia. its using a double pole switchn which is providing the needed ground at the same time you are applying 12v. Right now youre just providing 12v with .........no ground.

As you are testing with a single jumper youre doing the same thing.


Now, make a gator clip jumper and hook it to the opposite side of the sol and to ground, then use your existing jumper again.

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