I just got a New Kawasaki Mule SX and i want to put a winch on it. The new ones don't have a Cellunoid on them, So i have to put one on but not sure where the wires go cause the new Cellunoid has yellow,blue ,black and red terminals on it, So which way would you hook this up according to the pictures. Thanks
Hooking up a Winch to Kawasaki Mule SX
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In the absence of a schematic it should be pretty easy to sort out with an ohmmeter, but there are plenty of schematics out there if you google "winch wiring". I don't know, possibly the terminal colors are fairly consistent across the board, but if there is a brand or any numbers on the the solenoid I would include that as well. If I was starting from scratch with a meter, my initial assumption would be that red is positive, black is negative, and blue and yellow are forward and reverse, but all I did was confirm my hunch that there were plenty of schematics out there and didn't look too close at any of them. Also don't forget your switch or switches and a fuse.
So would a good guess be from the Battery hook the negative to the black color terminal on the solenoid and the positive from the battery to the red terminal on the solenoid ,then pick black wire from winch to the blue terminal on solenoid and the red from winch to the yellow terminal?
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It’s been a while but pretty sure you would hook black to negative, red to positive. Then the others to the winch. If the winch turns the wrong direction swap the blue and yellow. But please verify first. I have one in the barn, if I get a chance to check it I will
Something wrong here. I understood that a solenoid is a "remote" switch that uses low power to turn high amperage on/off. So you should be wiring high amps from battery to solenoid and on to winch for power. The other terminals should be for your dashboard or hand switch that turns the winch on/off.
Yes, exactly what I am thinking. And that's the reason I mentioned the switches and fuse, because once you put the switches in the equation it should become a bit clearer. With a solenoid you essentially have a primary circuit that the switch(es) control and a secondary circuit with the larger posts that carry juice between the battery and the winch. This way you can control the 30-40 amps or whatever that the winch draws through a switch that is maybe rated something like 10-15 amps and without having to run the heavier cables all the way under the dash or wherever to the switch(es). The thing I don't understand is that it seems like there should be more than two of the small wires, but since that's all I see am wondering if maybe you reverse polarity on them it reverses the direction inside the solenoid.
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The reason I was thinking you needed more than two of the smaller wires is that I assumed you needed a separate ground on the primary circuit, but you probably don't because you would already have it in the solenoid via the large ground lug on the secondary side. So I would check it with a meter to see if this makes sense, but am thinking you probably want a pair of cables from the positive and negative sides of the battery to the red and black posts on the solenoid respectively, cables from the yellow and blue posts on the solenoid to their respective posts on the winch, a ground cable to the respective terminal on the winch unless it is intended to be firmly grounded through the frame, and then you'll have a switch with a positive wire from the battery to the common wire on the switch and wires from the remaining terminals on the switch to the two smaller wires on the solenoid.
The reason I was thinking you needed more than two of the smaller wires is that I assumed you needed a separate ground on the primary circuit, but you probably don't because you would already have it in the solenoid via the large ground lug on the secondary side. So I would check it with a meter to see if this makes sense, but am thinking you probably want a pair of cables from the positive and negative sides of the battery to the red and black posts on the solenoid respectively, cables from the yellow and blue posts on the solenoid to their respective posts on the winch, a ground cable to the respective terminal on the winch unless it is intended to be firmly grounded through the frame, and then you'll have a switch with a positive wire from the battery to the common wire on the switch and wires from the remaining terminals on the switch to the two smaller wires on the solenoid.
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Also I checked on my old four wheeler. Solenoid isn’t color coded. But the wires are blue and yellow to the winch so I believe what I said above will work. Use the smaller wire to work the solenoid itself
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