[Private2Eater]

So yesterday I was in mountains doing a little snow bashing as I like to call it . I got stuck in a pretty big drift and needed to winch out. Probably 10-15 second of use with the winch it completely killed my charging system/ battery . I had no other lights on or anything only draw would have been the winch. I know they sell a $600 alternator kit but I’m wondering if anyone else has had this problem there is another way around blowing the money on that .

 

[BobX2]

Was this the first time using the winch? If so, check for a wiring problem. If not, I would suspect a battery issue, not a bad charging system. 10-15 seconds should have zero affect on the machine.

 

[samo]

Yea something is up. I used my last winch quite a bit with no alternator and never experienced what you have. If the maching is running it should work for much longer than that.

 

[Angus]

Bad cell in batt?