Ironman4x4 Monster Winch, User Manual

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USER GUIDE
GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED
Thank you for purchasing your Ironman 4x4 recovery winch.
Your฀winch฀will฀give฀you฀many฀years฀of฀reliable฀service฀if฀you฀follow฀the฀instructions฀covered฀in฀
this hand book. Before using your winch it is important to familiarise yourself with your winch
and฀how฀it฀works,฀and฀pay฀particular฀attention฀to฀the฀safety฀information.
•฀ ฀Your฀Ironman฀4x4฀vehicle฀recovery฀winch฀is฀designed฀for฀vehicle฀recovery,฀and฀is฀not฀
designed฀for฀lifting,฀hoisting฀or฀commercial฀applications.
•฀ ฀Your฀winch฀needs฀to฀be฀mounted฀securely฀to฀a฀winch฀bar฀or฀winch฀mount฀designed฀and฀
tested for your vehicle.
•฀ Your฀winch฀needs฀to฀be฀connected฀to฀a฀battery฀of฀at฀least฀650cca.
The winch has a clutch handle mounted on the gearbox that is used to engage and disengage
the cable drum from the gearbox. The handle can only be moved when there is no load on the
cable. Because the clutch gear has straight cut teeth sometimes the drum might need to be
rotated slightly to align the teeth on the gears before the handle can be moved.
Disengage
With the clutch handle in the disengage position the cable drum will free spool enabling the
cable to be pulled out by hand.
Engage
With the clutch handle in the engage position the cable drum is connected to the gearbox. This
allows the cable to be powered in and out using the winch motor.
NOTE: When pulling the cable out it is preferable to free spool the cable rather than
powering the cable as powering the cable out can build up heat in the internal brake
of the winch unnecessarily.
Your winch can either be operated using the plug in hand controller or the cordless
function. A button is located on the side of the hand controller to switch operation
between cordless and plug in function.
Cordless
For฀cordless฀operation,฀the฀wireless฀activator฀must฀be
connected to the socket on top of the control box.
NOTE:
฀฀Wireless฀Activator฀must฀always฀be
removed from control box when winch is not
being used to prevent unintentional activation
of฀winch.฀If฀this฀occurs,฀it฀will฀not฀be฀covered
by warranty.
With the cord unplugged from the controller and the
(wireless฀LED)฀illuminated฀on฀the฀hand฀controller฀the฀winch฀can฀be฀powered฀in฀and฀out฀using฀the฀
direction switch.
Plug in
To฀use฀the฀plug฀in฀option,฀connect฀the฀cord฀to฀the฀hand฀controller฀and฀plug฀the฀controller฀into฀the฀
socket฀on฀top฀of฀the฀control฀box.฀Push฀the฀button฀on฀the฀handle฀to฀illuminate฀the฀(wired฀LED).฀฀
The winch can now be powered in and out using the direction switch.
Brake
Your฀winch฀has฀a฀one฀directional฀cam฀lock฀brake฀inside฀the฀cable฀drum.฀The฀purpose฀of฀the฀
brake is to prevent the vehicle rolling backwards when winching up a hill and the power is
released from the motor. For this reason the cable can only be wound onto the drum in one
direction.฀If฀the฀cable฀is฀wound฀onto฀the฀drum฀in฀the฀wrong฀direction฀the฀brake฀will฀not฀work,
and will engage whilst winching the cable in which will over heat the brake and possibly the
motor. This will not be covered by warranty.
Before winching please refer to the safety section on Page 4 of this hand book.
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