I was skeptical too, but looked up a warn winch and it listed 480 amps.Under the most ideal conditions, 8 AWG wire is good for up to 80 amps at most.
I wonder if @Sparkherd slipped a decimal point somewhere in claiming that his winch drew 780 amps. If he meant 78 amps, then it's plausible.
How does that work? Where does the power come from? Dual big alternators?
What are we missing? Is it a max current draw but most applications draw 1/10th?
Of course you can't draw 480 or more if you can only supply 200.
Hmmmm will have to Google some more.
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