I have an older Ramsey REP 9000 winch that I'm trying to get working. When I hooked up the power leads to the battery, I have 2 problems:
1) Solenoid clicks without input from remote (remote wasn't even hooked up).
2) "A" wire was shorting to the case and started to smoke.
I did a little troubleshooting on the solenoids, and there's intermittent connectivity between the +12V from battery to the terminals for the A wire when the solenoid has no power. So that tells me the solenoids are bad. This also explains why the A wire was getting power when the remote wasn't triggering the solenoids.
So that brings me to problem 2. There's continuity between the A terminal on the motor and the case. And there's no continuity between the F1 terminal and the case, same with F2. So I'm assuming that the A terminal should not have continuity between the case. Can anyone confirm? Also, how do I remove the end of the case on a Ramsey winch? This one doesn't want to budge.
1) Solenoid clicks without input from remote (remote wasn't even hooked up).
2) "A" wire was shorting to the case and started to smoke.
I did a little troubleshooting on the solenoids, and there's intermittent connectivity between the +12V from battery to the terminals for the A wire when the solenoid has no power. So that tells me the solenoids are bad. This also explains why the A wire was getting power when the remote wasn't triggering the solenoids.
So that brings me to problem 2. There's continuity between the A terminal on the motor and the case. And there's no continuity between the F1 terminal and the case, same with F2. So I'm assuming that the A terminal should not have continuity between the case. Can anyone confirm? Also, how do I remove the end of the case on a Ramsey winch? This one doesn't want to budge.