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I just ordered a winch for my trailer. I am wondering if anyone has used a Jump Starter to power their winch. I only plan to use the winch occasionally(if the car breaks down). If you use one can you recomend a brand is good.

Thanks,

Raul

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Your trailer has brakes on it right... so just use
a 7 pin plug with 1 pin power... that way when you're
plugged in you have power(wont have to worry if the
jumper box is charged)

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I had thought about that but figured that the winch would draw too much current for that wire so I ran seperate wires from the battery & used an electric forklift battery connector.
I had thought about putting a car battery on the trailer & use it for the break away & the winch. But was still unsure about current draw with the winch under load & that 12ga wire or less running through the factory harness.

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On my open trailer I have a hot wire going back but
the winch is small... never gave me any problems,
my big trailer I have a battery inside with the hot
line to it... I'm going to change the way I wired
it and go through a relay so when I shut off the key
it opens that circuit... I was having issue of a
draw in the trailer and it would kill my truck batteries
after a week or so if I left the trailer plugged in
but I found that the trailer battery had a short in it