Mr Noisy
Coming in your ears.
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Hello strangers!
Not had a post on here for a month, and not posted any mods or anything for ages!
Have had a couple threads on the go regards other stuff, that mystery running problem, the coolant leak, and a second alternator which I'm still wanting to do but not getting involved just now (not looking to spend much cash on the car at the moment tbh)
ANYWAY here's something I've just done:
Been wanting wireless winch control for a while. I have a switch near the steering wheel which i use when driving, but it's a bit of a PITA when we're just wrapping the winch rope or rigging up etc cos you have to go back to the car. The wander lead still functions but it is heavily uncool. And not that practical.
Price and unreliability has put me off wireless to date, but a while ago I spotted a pair of controllers and a receiver on eBay, new, delivered from hong kong for about £9 all in!!
Had em on watch list for a while due to not wanting to spend, but thought bollocks to 9 quid so got em bought!
Arrived in about 2 weeks, but if you're not in a rush it's better than buying the same product for 35 quid in the uk.
Anyway, I managed to fit the receiver in the contactor box which is mounted on the winch. It wouldnt quite fit in in it's original casing, so removed that, wrapped up the internals in insulating tape and popped it in there.
The PCB wasn't jelly dipped nor was the original casing sealed, so if it is gonna get wet now it wont be any worse off than its original casing. Probably better wrapped tight in tape tbh.
And if it blows up them hey ho. Not gonna waste time jelly dipping something that is likely to fail soon anyway.
So I put it all back together and tested it, there's about a 1 second delay from letting the button go to the winch stopping. If you've got a fast winch this is quite a lot of line, which isnt ideal. But ive got my direct switch inside, the wireless will be used for prep more than anything. Handy for when I'm on my own and I want to control the winch away from the vehicle etc.
Cheers
Not had a post on here for a month, and not posted any mods or anything for ages!
Have had a couple threads on the go regards other stuff, that mystery running problem, the coolant leak, and a second alternator which I'm still wanting to do but not getting involved just now (not looking to spend much cash on the car at the moment tbh)
ANYWAY here's something I've just done:
Been wanting wireless winch control for a while. I have a switch near the steering wheel which i use when driving, but it's a bit of a PITA when we're just wrapping the winch rope or rigging up etc cos you have to go back to the car. The wander lead still functions but it is heavily uncool. And not that practical.
Price and unreliability has put me off wireless to date, but a while ago I spotted a pair of controllers and a receiver on eBay, new, delivered from hong kong for about £9 all in!!
Had em on watch list for a while due to not wanting to spend, but thought bollocks to 9 quid so got em bought!
Arrived in about 2 weeks, but if you're not in a rush it's better than buying the same product for 35 quid in the uk.
Anyway, I managed to fit the receiver in the contactor box which is mounted on the winch. It wouldnt quite fit in in it's original casing, so removed that, wrapped up the internals in insulating tape and popped it in there.
The PCB wasn't jelly dipped nor was the original casing sealed, so if it is gonna get wet now it wont be any worse off than its original casing. Probably better wrapped tight in tape tbh.
And if it blows up them hey ho. Not gonna waste time jelly dipping something that is likely to fail soon anyway.
So I put it all back together and tested it, there's about a 1 second delay from letting the button go to the winch stopping. If you've got a fast winch this is quite a lot of line, which isnt ideal. But ive got my direct switch inside, the wireless will be used for prep more than anything. Handy for when I'm on my own and I want to control the winch away from the vehicle etc.
Cheers
