Wyld Bill
Silver Member
So after two seasons I think I may have just about perfected the ultimate "Low budget, quickly built, reliable, good functioning, snowblower chute rotator and deflector actuator"
First you buy two cheap 12v ATV winches. It doesn't really matter what brand, if it has a roller fairlead or not, how nice the controller is or isn't. Just two cheap ATV winches. I bought my last one on sale at TSC for $60. You need to buy two toggle switches that are Momentary, ON-OFF-ON, tripple pole double throw. Everyone thinks these need to be expensive high amperage switches or you need to use isolation relays because a winch is rated to pull a lot of amperage but for what your doing with the winches your only going to be drawing like 10Amps most of the time. My toggle switches are just plastic and rated for 20Amps and have held up fine. I paid less than $10 for both of them. You need 20'-30' of two conductor #12 wire (actually could probably even go with #14). You need five 3/8"x1" bolts and five nylon lock nuts. You'll need a roll of high quality duct tape and a roll of electrical tape. Two 3/16" or 1/4" cable clamps. A small PVC wiring box, a fuse holder (preferably water resistant), and a 20amp fuse.
*NOTE THESE PARTS WORKED ON MY PROVENOST LYNX SNOWBLOWER BUT MAY NEED MORE OR DIFFERENT PARTS FOR SOME OTHER MODELS.
cut off your manual setting arm on your chute deflector at the correct location (see pictures) and drill a 3/8" hole or a little larger. Disassemble one winch and drill a 3/8" hole through the the spool piece (see photo).
First you buy two cheap 12v ATV winches. It doesn't really matter what brand, if it has a roller fairlead or not, how nice the controller is or isn't. Just two cheap ATV winches. I bought my last one on sale at TSC for $60. You need to buy two toggle switches that are Momentary, ON-OFF-ON, tripple pole double throw. Everyone thinks these need to be expensive high amperage switches or you need to use isolation relays because a winch is rated to pull a lot of amperage but for what your doing with the winches your only going to be drawing like 10Amps most of the time. My toggle switches are just plastic and rated for 20Amps and have held up fine. I paid less than $10 for both of them. You need 20'-30' of two conductor #12 wire (actually could probably even go with #14). You need five 3/8"x1" bolts and five nylon lock nuts. You'll need a roll of high quality duct tape and a roll of electrical tape. Two 3/16" or 1/4" cable clamps. A small PVC wiring box, a fuse holder (preferably water resistant), and a 20amp fuse.
*NOTE THESE PARTS WORKED ON MY PROVENOST LYNX SNOWBLOWER BUT MAY NEED MORE OR DIFFERENT PARTS FOR SOME OTHER MODELS.
cut off your manual setting arm on your chute deflector at the correct location (see pictures) and drill a 3/8" hole or a little larger. Disassemble one winch and drill a 3/8" hole through the the spool piece (see photo).
