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Old 06-22-2021, 08:12 PM   #1
grumbolt
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M.O.C. #22670
electric landing gear upgrade

when using the landing gear on my rig, it always seemed sluggish, as well as making the circuit breaker cycle at times.


i looked at how it was wired and it was pretty standard (cheap, but standard lol)


the power went to the up/down switch which was a double pole double throw center off rocker (heavy duty) and then to the motor.


i disconnected the wires close to the motor and wired the motor side into an albright solenoid outputs, and the switch side i wired to the wires that used to go to the switch to the control wires in the solenoid.



the red post i connected to my batt + (using a circuit breaker)
the black post i connected to chassis ground.
for these 2 wires i happened to have some automotive 2 gauge battery wires laying around and i used them, but anything 8 gauge or bigger should be plenty big enough.


this is the link to solenoid i used:
https://www.amazon.com/Unversal-Sole...dDbGljaz10cnVl





my landing gear no longer is sluggish, and i no longer cycle the circuit breaker.
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