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  1. Al Smith

    Powering a 12v winch with a 110v house power supply--help.

    Okay the name on the engne goes like this .For the past 25 years I have been an electrician at Ford Lima engine plant in Lima Ohio .Lima engine was the only place the "385" engine was ever built .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_385_engine When an engine line goes out of production it is...
  2. Al Smith

    Powering a 12v winch with a 110v house power supply--help.

    I feel some clarification is neccessary here .Often times automotive relays or contactors are missnamed solenoids .It gets confusing .What you want is a liniar actuator type not a freakin relay >...
  3. Al Smith

    Powering a 12v winch with a 110v house power supply--help.

    What,the throttle up? It was just a replacement for a burned up factory installed unit on a Chevy 292 in line six .Connected to the throttle linkage via a short small size chain . You could do the same thing using a 12 volt relay with the coil connected to the winch motor and using a 12 volt...
  4. Al Smith

    Powering a 12v winch with a 110v house power supply--help.

    On the subject of a throttle up thing I once did a junk yard dawg fix on an antique bucket truck Tom had 15 or so years ago .I used a Chevy starter solenoid connected to the pressure switch of the hydraulics to rev the engine.It worked fine . FWIW my name is on the last Ford 429 ever built .
  5. Al Smith

    Powering a 12v winch with a 110v house power supply--help.

    Depending you could draw 150 amps on the 12 volt motor for a short period of time .120 AC to 150-200 amp 12 volt DC would require a hefty rectifier . GM alternators are like some odd ball 63-92 amp deals with some of them up to maybe 200 amp on big trucks .To get that though you have keep the...
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