Cheap winch controller made....

[norbyx]

Cheap winch controller made....Video added

Well I had to come up with something since I burnt my RC4WD remote winch controller and after asking if it was possible to send it back for repair, and getting a NO as an answer I decided I was going to make my own controller from trash I had arround.

The task was EASY... I took a broken servo apart, and used the main board as a controller (after all a servo moves a motor correct).
You can use an old servo that doesn't work anymore with stripped gears or burnt motor the important part is that the main board is good.

I dissatured the servo motor and in the place of the motor I placed the positive and negative power cables that power the winch.

After that I adjusted the pot of the servo so that I had zero volts in the centered position, put a drop of superglue so that the pot wouldn't move anymore and dipped everything in plastidip.

Result: The controller works perfectly and the cost of it was ZERO.

So no more spending money on a winch controller.... "thumbsup"

 

[smokediver]

Sounds like a good mod

 

[SFC K]

This is a great idea. You got any pictures on this how too? "thumbsup"

 

[VR6T]

This is a great idea. You got any pictures on this how too? "thumbsup"

yup...
pictures will help alot in this $0.00 mod "thumbsup""thumbsup"

 

[MadForce]

You can also omit the case and use the board without the pot. In place of the pot you must solder a couple of 2.2k resistors. Works like a charm at a fraction of the weight and size.

 

[norbyx]

Ok since I thought that pictures would require explanation I thought easyer to make a video on how to....Hope it helps out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opX0aOp_WBs

 

[CrawlinClodKiller]

Nice job. I have started making vids for stuff like this as well. It is much easier than trying to explain something.

 

[smokediver]

So we just need 2 of the 2.2k resistors?

Any pictures of this mod with the resistors?

You can also omit the case and use the board without the pot. In place of the pot you must solder a couple of 2.2k resistors. Works like a charm at a fraction of the weight and size.