I am repairing the winch for my truck. It has two solenoids with 6 posts on each. My head is just spinning trying to find out where each wire goes just what each post does. Can someone school me on solenoids, what they do and what posts do. Any information would be greatly appreciated
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Solenoid questions
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apparently you need 2 to make it reverse
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Get a multi meter and put it on ohms. Measure resistance between pairs of posts. Some should be open, some have low resistance.
My guess is 5 and 6 are the activation signal and the return to ground.
The big posts are probably two pairs of contacts that are Normally open. Powering up 5-6 makes power go from one large post to the other.
The two pairs of large posts are entirely separate.
Essentially a double pole single throw switch.
If there were only 5 posts I would guess that it is One power in and one Normally open and one Normally closed contact.
My guess is 5 and 6 are the activation signal and the return to ground.
The big posts are probably two pairs of contacts that are Normally open. Powering up 5-6 makes power go from one large post to the other.
The two pairs of large posts are entirely separate.
Essentially a double pole single throw switch.
If there were only 5 posts I would guess that it is One power in and one Normally open and one Normally closed contact.
I mean there must be positive and negative posts on these, so what are the other four for. There is a copper L shaped piece of metal that goes from a post on one to a post on the other. I assume this would be to do the same action on one solenoid as on the other.....sure hope someone out there knows this stuff and responds
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See if this helps. The L pieces are the red lines on the right side of the solenoids. To wrap your head around it, remember the two side posts are connected with the power off, and the two top posts are connected with the power on (or the other way). as you deduced, one solenoid gets power for in, and the other for out.
