power a cheap winch/hoist with battery charger?

[ELVIS]

so im building a powered hardtop lift for my JK. can i power the winch with my battery charger vs. keeping a 12v battery on hand?

god bless.

[lowthreeohz]

What's the amp draw?

[fordracing19]

120v winch or chain hoist

[Tremor14]

harbor freight has a little electric chain hoist that plugs in a regular outlet. I would do that and just plug it in where the garage door opener plugs in.

[BMCSean]

[juiceweezl]

Post up the setup plan if you have it. I need to build one for mine and am too lazy to plan one out.

[2011GT]

This wouldn't work with my charger as it test for a battery before it starts charging. You might be able to use an older style charger but usually they're only 10-15 amps and that's probably way to low to move a winch. If you had a car battery and the charger it'll work fine.

[ELVIS]

thanks for the input gents. i was planning on going with a manual "boat winch" that you would see on a boat trailer, but my old man said he has an electric. Rodney, for all i know it could be on that plugs into the wall. i have a battery i use for my trolling motor on a jon boat so i guess i could use that should the electric winch not plug in.

juice, i am currently using 2 2x4's and 4 cam buckle straps, and while it works fine and has for years, it requires walking around the jeep 3-4 times to lift or lower it. im getting lazier in my old age and figure this would be faster plus i've finally got the garage cleaned/organized a year after moving in so i figured ive got the space and time to build something like this. i'll post up my ideas once i start building. also will be doing something to hang the doors somewhere as well.

god bless.

[cool cat]

https://www.langeoriginals.com/

[ELVIS]

cool cat my thought process is for between $200-$400 that they want i can build something comparable for at least 1/2 that. esp. considering free winch and pulleys from my old man.

god bless.

[cool cat]

cool cat my thought process is for between $200-$400 that they want i can build something comparable for at least 1/2 that. esp. considering free winch and pulleys from my old man.

god bless.

Yeah just putting it our there. Though sometimes when trying to put together something on the cheap, little things start adding up and you end up paying full retail.


Also you might find one on craigslist.

[Baron Von Crowder]

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[juiceweezl]

juice, i am currently using 2 2x4's and 4 cam buckle straps, and while it works fine and has for years, it requires walking around the jeep 3-4 times to lift or lower it. im getting lazier in my old age and figure this would be faster plus i've finally got the garage cleaned/organized a year after moving in so i figured ive got the space and time to build something like this. i'll post up my ideas once i start building. also will be doing something to hang the doors somewhere as well.
god bless.

I have 2x4's hung across the bay that I park the jeep in from the ceiling joists. They are at different heights (front and back). Currently, my 11 year old and i just gorilla lift the thing up and place it on the boards. I then run a strap around it to make sure it doesn't move. I only have a 2 door jeep, but it's still heavy to lift. I don't think it'd be hard to rig one up with a block and tackle. Here's what I actually thought of doing. My jeep has a winch on it. I'm thinking of mounting a pulley on the wall and one on the ceiling with a rope through it. Then, I hook the winch lead to the rope and use the jeep winch/battery to lift the top itself. All I need is to rig the pulley system at that point. Once it's in the air, I can place it on my 2x4's that are already there.

I'd like to see what you do for doors too. I store mine in the shed in the backyard right now.

[ceyko]

I use a portable battery pack for mine. It's a small "winch in a bag" by superwinch, the pack seems to do fine.

[Ruffdaddy]

Just buy a 12 power supply With suitable current output.