ORCISH Waterproof Electric Winch (Winch Solenoid Relay)

Installed on a friend's SuperWinch 12K and he works it hard. Scrapping. Two years ago.Installed on my own Warn 9500i and I work it within duty cycle. 1-1/2 years ago.Both still going.The title says it all.

I was having problems with the solinoids on an older Warn M8000 winch. I remotely mounted the OEM Solinoids a number of years ago. It was a bit of a mess to have 4 solinoids and the associated wires and copper bars mounted under the hood of my Jeep Cherokee. I decided to give this solinoid a shot to replace my troubled and messy OEM set up. The installation is so much neater and simple. One wire for in, one for out, then just the cables to the motor.It looks so much nicer and so far is working very well. The open question will be how long it lasts. Being stuck on a trail and relying on your winch to help you out only to find it doesn’t work is never a good time. If I run into trouble in time I’ll update this review. Until then I’m very happy.

Warn wanted almost $400 for their contactor. This thing was less than $35 so for a $3000 winch it was worth trying it out to see if it worked before spending the money for the Warn contactor. This unit seemed to be sealed much better than the Warn contactor and the instructions were fairly straight forward. Basically a small color diagram of what hooks up where. No written instructions. But when I hooked everything up, the winch worked as expected. Based on the housing, I'd expect this to live much longer than the Warn contactor we had, which we replaced in 2014 because the 2010 Warn contactor had quit working. We'll see how it lives on hard pulls but for now I am pleased.

Others who state the wiring diagram sent with solenoid is wrong, are 100% correct. The positive and neutral are reversed, just as stated in reviews and shown in the pictures and diagram others have submitted.

I bought this as a replacement for a solenoid that had gone intermittent on a Barricade 9500 winch on my jeep. It took about an hour to do the changeover going slow and being patient. It fit in the box and used the same mounting holes as the original. The winch is back to working as it should. This is a great drop in replacement.The lugs were unmarked but five minutes with a multimeter solved that. Just remember that in series fed winches, both ends of the field winding should be shorted to the armature tap when the solenoid is not energized. Energizing either side of the solenoid connects that field tap to the positive power lug from the battery. Note that the figure on the web page as of 8/11/20 is NOT correct for the solenoid I received. My armature and positive tap were reversed from that in the diagram. Not a big deal, but one should always check before connecting anything to a high power current source.

Excellent product! Works perfectly as it should. Came with very clear instructions, and very simple to follow. I found the same product on eBay but Amazon have a faster delivery. If you care to, look at the on on eBay to see pictures of the instructions in the description, it shows you how to wire up a wireless remote.

Perfect fit. Quality build for a good price. Only issue we found was that the wire diagram had the battery terminal and armature terminal reversed. Flipped the wires and it works perfect. Several hard pulls over 400A on it without a hiccup.

Orders a new one got a used one. No wiring diagram. Someone else's 1/4 spade terminal cut off on it still and missing the nuts to land my wires on top for a secure double nut. The unit also rattles from parts inside broken off. Not just relay rattle but broken part rattle.