Warning for Winch users

[stevet]

Used my winch at Bylong over Easter. There was a sudden, short billow of smoke but checking eyes saw no fire underneath as I was in a bit of long grass/weed so on with the winching, no issues. Turned out later that the earth strap from the right side of the motor to the chasis was still the original weak strap which was on the TJ from original and was not upgraded when the winch was installed. So I was the one which finally saw the earth strap fry itself completely with resulting burning out of the main computor on the TJ. All earth straps/points since checked and upgraded to cope with the power usage of the winch. Some sensors rooted in the process (O2's) as well.
So everyone check those standard earth straps and change them to something capable of handling the power your winch uses/generates under load or you know what can happen.........
Stephen T.