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Re: 2073 800+ Lb winch

First, congrats on the awesome winch! Looks similar to something I have been working on! Just two quick questions. The first is what is you final calculated gear ratio before the winch drum? And second, you stayed that the close to 60 amps would not trip the breaker? I would think that's true of the main 120 amp breaker, but what about the 40 amp breaker feeding your motor controller from the PDB?? Just curious, and good luck!
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