Topic: Xrc8 winch issue

[95yj0645]

I have a smittybilt xrc8 winch and it isnt working .. its seriously been used twice since I bought it so its brand new .. currently temps are very cold and we have snow .. a guy slid off the road so i was going to winch him out but once I plugged in the controller it was no go .. did i fry my switch?when i push up to spool out the red light blinks for a split second then goes off with a flash of green.. when i push down to spool in the green light flicks on for a second then off with a flash of red .. you DO NOT hear the solenoid click on either time. i took an awesome detailed vid on my ipod but it wont load to youtube it would make this so much easier to explain

[Jeffy]

I have a smittybilt xrc8 winch and it isnt working .. its seriously been used twice since I bought it so its brand new .. currently temps are very cold and we have snow .. a guy slid off the road so i was going to winch him out but once I plugged in the controller it was no go .. did i fry my switch?when i push up to spool out the red light blinks for a split second then goes off with a flash of green.. when i push down to spool in the green light flicks on for a second then off with a flash of red .. you DO NOT hear the solenoid click on either time. i took an awesome detailed vid on my ipod but it wont load to youtube it would make this so much easier to explain

Hmm, there really isn't much to a winch.  Although if it was a solenoid, then you should still have one direction working normally.  I'd suspect the controller.  I'd need to see a schematic to se able to see what the controller actually does though.  Blinky lights seems weird.

Found this:  http://www.outhouseoffroad.com/tech.html

You can use it to make a jumper to bypass the controller and see if the winch works.  it's also a good idea to have a dash controller as well as people are always losing the controllers.

[95yj0645]

Got my vid to upload just waiting for approval now.. Jeffy awesome link!! That's freakin cool only thing I wouldn't like is for spoiling the winch up

[95yj0645]

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=UAShBKePyqU

[Jeffy]

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=UAShBKePyqU

That link doesn't work.  It's also the mobile link.  What's your user name?  I tried xl_blazer but it's not showing anything.

[95yj0645]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/UAShBKePyqU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/UAShBKePyqU</a>

[95yj0645]

lets try that

[Jeffy]

Hmm, after looking at some of the pictures, I suspect it's the solenoid.  I guess they went cheap and instead of using 4 robust yet simple solenoids they went with some small controller.  Probably need to call Smittybilt or whoever owns them now and have them send a replacement or else you could build a standard solenoid pack.