P500 Honda winch wiring harness

[cccan]

do I need the Honda winch wiring harness if I use a superwinch rather than the warn winch....do I really need it for either winch? What is the benefit of using the sub harness?..very new to the pioneer world so I apologize if the question has been answered before...thanks Cam from Canada.

 

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[LandPioneer]

do I need the Honda winch wiring harness if I use a superwinch rather than the warn winch....do I really need it for either winch? What is the benefit of using the sub harness?..very new to the pioneer world so I apologize if the question has been answered before...thanks Cam from Canada.

Welcome from Middle TN! You don't need a wiring harness. You can use a fuse block to wire the winch to the battery. This is what I purchased https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Systems-Blade-Fuse-Blocks/dp/B000THQ0CQ?tag=sxsweb24-20

 

[ehart814]

If you buy the superwinch kit, you don't need to buy another winch harness. The kit comes with the wiring. The only other thing I would recommend is buying the Honda accessory harness, which is about $10. It will give you fused, key-on power which you will need to wire up the winch. It's a simple install, and there are a couple threads on here about it. Search "superwinch" and you will find some.

 

[Duckiller]

The only harness I used was the $9 one that makes it easier to wire into the accessories switched power. You could just wire into the cigarette lighter but the harness makes it MUCH easier. I went with a superwinch as well. Everything else comes in the box with the winch. Power cables were too short as well so I had to get longer ones.

 

[monaco]

Quick basic question - from what I can tell the wiring harness gives you several switched power leads. Would that be good for hooking up light bars as well as a winch?

 

[RydeAK]

That is how I intend to use the harness. I always wire lights through a relay, where all you need is a 12V "signal" connected to your light switch. The signal activates the relay and turns on the lights. I say all of this because I doubt the accessory harness is meant to directly power any big loads.