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    Voltage drop (when winching) setting off alarm? Any suggestions?

    @mick 1986 I looked at the earth and this runs back to the chassis as per attached photo. Worth cleaning off the paint to get a better connection? I also checked the battery condition again and the voltmeter reads 12.6 so I guess that a tired battery can be ruled out. Cheers.
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    Voltage drop (when winching) setting off alarm? Any suggestions?

    The winch was installed at the local landrover garage and all the connections look clean. Not sure how it is earthed - I'll take a look. Is 2 volts a much larger drop than you would expect to see when winching? I know nothing literally about auto electrics (!!) but it didn't seem that big a...
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    Voltage drop (when winching) setting off alarm? Any suggestions?

    Hi Mick. All the connections have been checked and tightened up so I pretty sure that's not the problem. Cables can be seen in the attached photo - these were the cables being used on the previous vehicle which worked ok. The voltage meter shows it's a 2 volt drop which triggers the alarm.
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    Voltage drop (when winching) setting off alarm? Any suggestions?

    Hi, Just looking to see if anyone is able to offer a suggestion for fixing an issue on my 2012 110 pickup. I have recently fitted a winch (warn XD9000i) and had it wired into the (single) battery with an isolator switch added. The problem is that when the winch is started, the alarm for the...