Electric Winch

[Jrelihan]

Yesterday my electric winch on my 2003 C350 didn’t work.
I checked the breaker switch and it was on so brain fart wasn’t the reason.
Strange as well, when I try the winch my whole DC system shuts down for a second and then restarts .
I’m going to start doing some investigation today to see if I can find anything obvious .
Just wondering if there is any experience with this type of occurrence and what the solution was.

[ElizabethG]

Hi John,

I don't have electric winches, but for grins I took your question and ran in through AI (Grok.com).

What it spit out looked reasonable to me; https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_e752395 ... 09c5d364a3

You might want to re-ask the question and provide additional detail like the model number and manufacturer of the winch, etc.

The more detail, the better the results should be.

Good luck!

Bill

[Jrelihan]

Bill, that is f..ing amazing.
Bang in with some of the initial investigation I have started , such as, corroded terminals on both house batteries .
The winch worked today but definitely drew more power than usual as cabin lights dimmed noticeably when it was running.
What a great resource and by the way, electric winched are total game changers in particular with in mast furling.