3 racing winch & 3cell

[rjwalker]

Another dumb question for this fine Friday morning how many of you out there in rcc land are running there 3racing winch on 3cell. and are you doing it through the rx or direct to battery.I did a search but didn't come up with a good solid answer so thanks for any help

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

ive been running mine on 3s for over a year now..no problems.

running power on a small 800mah 3s thru the main control board.

as long as your not trying to pull a gang of trucks you'll be good.

[Bananaclip]

Im glad you asked this. I purchased a very small 2cell 400mah to run mine. The baby lipo works ok but my rig is a pig and might not allow enough grunt.

[rjwalker]

Thanks ROLANDROCKSHOP for the info. I just got done hooking it up like you explained and it works like a champ 3 cell don't seem to bother it a at all, thanks again for quick reply it is very much appreciated

[Diesel-tech]

I nearly burned my rig down on 3s but it could have been a fluke in the winch controller the pos and neg wires are so close together and usualy loose..

If your going to run a second battery and a lipo at that for the winch put in a lipo cutoff, that little winch can kill a 1050mah 2s in 2-3 pulls you will ruin a battery before you even realize it.

Or you could do what I did and run a cc bec directly to the winch controller and set it to whatever voltage works best I have mine @8v and if the battery gets too low LVC on my esc kicks in

[heyok]

Are you guys having luck with the stock winch controller on 3S?

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

thats all ive run my winches with..(4 of them) on 3s,stock board.

like i said as long as your not trying to do a chain gang pull it will
be fine.

and yes,a lipo cut off wouldnt be a bad idea.

[rjwalker]

I haven't run mine long enough to know but well say I'm not that impressed with 3 racing controller looks a little cheap but looks some times are deceiving. Do you got some thing better? I have been to your site you got some cool stuff there but looks like mostly for servo winches and I'm really not ready to go to a servo winch yet.

[heyok]

Originally Posted by rjwalker

I haven't run mine long enough to know but well say I'm not that impressed with 3 racing controller looks a little cheap but looks some times are deceiving. Do you got some thing better? I have been to your site you got some cool stuff there but looks like mostly for servo winches and I'm really not ready to go to a servo winch yet.

All my winch controllers will work on the 3 racing winch. I actually offer the controllers with a JST plug output option so you can just plug into your winch and not have to solder. Of course, if you want to save a couple of bucks, get the controller without the JST connector and solder it to your 3 racing winch.

To see more details about the various controllers, the link in my sig will get you to a thread about each product.

For you guys that want to run 3S, my relay output controllers will get the job done.

[lets go jeep]

Originally Posted by heyok

All my winch controllers will work on the 3 racing winch. I actually offer the controllers with a JST plug output option so you can just plug into your winch and not have to solder. Of course, if you want to save a couple of bucks, get the controller without the JST connector and solder it to your 3 racing winch.

To see more details about the various controllers, the link in my sig will get you to a thread about each product.

For you guys that want to run 3S, my relay output controllers will get the job done.

I run the Heyok controllers on my 3racing winch and it works great

[MiniMorris]

Any body know how (or could test) much current a 3r winch draws?

[heyok]

This is what I meant about how I can package them:

[Grundy]

Originally Posted by heyok

This is what I meant about how I can package them:

This controller will also work with any two wire Bulldog winch. Plus this simplifies the installation and make it just a plug and play, with zero winch creep as well.

[rjwalker]

So you don't need a separate battery for winch with this setup it runs though the rx with the addition of a bec powring the rx of course?

[heyok]

Might as well post links...

The one I pictured runs from a max of 6 volts and gets its power from the receiver connection.

The controllers in the last two links can run more than 6 volts.

Winch Controller for Radio with Three Position Channel

Winch Controller for Radio with 2 Position Third Channel

Higher Voltage Winch Controller

Relay Driven - External Power - Winch Controllers

[MiniMorris]

Originally Posted by heyok

Might as well post links...

The one I pictured runs from a max of 6 volts and gets its power from the receiver connection.

The controllers in the last two links can run more than 6 volts.

Winch Controller for Radio with Three Position Channel

Winch Controller for Radio with 2 Position Third Channel

Higher Voltage Winch Controller

Relay Driven - External Power - Winch Controllers

Can you use the relay controllers on a servo winch without creep?

[heyok]

Originally Posted by MiniMorris

Can you use the relay controllers on a servo winch without creep?

Yes

[rjwalker]

Originally Posted by heyok

Might as well post links...

The one I pictured runs from a max of 6 volts and gets its power from the receiver connection.

The controllers in the last two links can run more than 6 volts.

Winch Controller for Radio with Three Position Channel

Winch Controller for Radio with 2 Position Third Channel

Higher Voltage Winch Controller

Relay Driven - External Power - Winch Controllers

Darn it any how more stuff to buy trying to keep this thing on cheap side but theres always a must have goodie comes along lol. keep one of those babies warm for me. I will be buying one from you in a couple weeks - payday of course.

[heyok]

Originally Posted by rjwalker

Darn it any how more stuff to buy trying to keep this thing on cheap side but theres always a must have goodie comes along lol. keep one of those babies warm for me. I will be buying one from you in a couple weeks - payday of course.

Thanks. Happy to help!

[Locked Up]

Al,
Check your email.

I want to add a few more of these options to the store.