By Tony K
All it took was one day in the rain with a traditional remote hanging out the window and I knew there had to be a better way. My solution was to install switches in my console to control my front and rear winches. In the picture, the silver toggles are my winch controls. One for each winch and a master switch so my dog doesn’t operate the winches. The red light indicates when the winch master switch has been flipped on.
To keep things simple the switches are hooked to wires and a plug that run the winches through the same jack that is already in place for the hand held remote. This way I can still use my long remote if I find the need.
By the way 3 wire extension cord wire does a nice job with keeping things neat and clean for the install. It’s inexpensive and available in bulk in the electrical department of your hardware store.
