Chris,

Some of the better (read that more expensive) solar chargers would
probably keep up with the drain (assuming nice sunny days) of once a day
use, especially if you were using a deep cycle marine battery to power
the winch. The battery will actually probably run the winch for several
weeks without a charger before it starts to lose power and then you
could just haul it up to the cottage and put it on a 75amp automotive
charger to bring it back up.

Tom

Chris wrote:
> I turned 40 last Friday and as a gift to the old guy, some of my family
> bought me an electric winch for my birthday. They either got tired of
> having to help me push it out of the water and up the sloped 75' of
> beach where I lock it up. Or they got tired of watching me nearly kill
> myself cranking it up by hand using the manual winch I have installed on
> my locking post. Either way I do appreciate it.
>
> The problem is they bought me a Superwinch 12volt ATV winch. Now it
> looks like this would do the job for me but how could I power it? I
> could use it connected to a battery but it would need to be recharged on
> a regular basis. Would one of those solar chargers be enough to maintain
> the battery at full charge for "once a day" use and would that battery
> be able to provide enought current to wind in the 75'+ of cable?
>
> Or should I break down and just exchange it for an AC model of
> Superwinch? The problem with this scenario is that the closest 110VAC is
> up a 45 deg. 75' bank and then another 40' into the cottage. But that
> could be resolved with an extension cord.
>
> I know this really isn't directly "jetski" related but I figure a few of
> you here may have installed something similar.
>
> TIA.
>
> Chris

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