wiring a 12v winch to 24v

[rezdiver]

Well,
I am about to see if this really works. I have read about it, and it seems to have a lot of potential. i found myself a deal on a used champion 10000lb series wound 12 volt winch and i am going to run it directy on 24 volts. reason for going to series wound instead of permanent magnet was that the prmenant magnet design could get demagnetised as far as i have read. and it heats up a lot more.

my trucks whole system is 24v, i have a battery equalizer for 12volt accessories.

i have heard a lot of info stating that if you wire a 12 volt series wound motor to 24 volts your line speed and torque is amazing.

Major issues are heat, so the winch will not have the same duty cycle as running it on 12v, but with the increase in line speed it may even out. may put some aluminium fins on the motor to dissipate the heat faster and see if it helps.

I have seen warn 24 volt winches with the 4 solenoid pack and they look to be 12 volt solenoids with the actual initiation wires wired in series instead of parallel as they do in the 12volt winches. everything else is the same as a 12 volt winch except the motor itself which is 24v and the small initiating wires that are in series to run 24v.
so I plan to feed the whole system with 24 volts, but run 12 volts to initiate the solenoids. very little draw there. my solenid setup is a 2 pack style instead of the 4 solenoids. not sure why there is 2 different designs for this on a winch and which is better.

I will let you know how it turns out.
Chime in if you have any pointers.
Reza