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Location: Sault Ste. Marie | Just replaced my old minnkota two months ago w/ a new powerdrive V2 70lb trust. Yesterday I bumped a branch w/ it and it quit. Barely even hit the thing. The motor takes a greater impact while deploying/stowing. Still getting power to my battery power gauge but no power to the rest of the motor. THe light to my auto pilot won't work and no power to my foot pedal (shaft won't turn...prop won't work etc.). Wondering if anyone else has had this problem? Also, I just threw my box away about 2 weeks ago due to storage space issues (go figure!). Any response is appreciated....thanks |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sounds like a loose connection or the motherboard. |
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Location: Sault Ste. Marie | I checked and re-checked all my battery connections. All looked good. Hopefully it's not the motherboard. The closest minnkota service center is about 200 miles from here. Wonder if minnkota would send me a check for gas? yeah right..... |
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| Try streching the main cable, the one that attaches from the base to the head, it looks like an oversized phone cord. Sometimes when they heat shrink this cable it gets to hot and shorts occur inside of the thing. My local dealer did that to my new one when it quit working after on hour of use. I haven't had a problem since. |
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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | A bump from a stump/branch/log or whatevery would usually indicate either a mechanical (wiring) failure from the jarring, or an overload protection shutdown in the electrical circuits.
When you say battery power gage do you mean a gage on the front panel of your boat, or the LED indicator lights I think are on the trolling motor? I'm pretty sure a panel gage only tells you what the battery condition is, not if it is connected to anything other than the gage. The first thing I'd do is check the fuses or circuit breakers on the motor power wiring at the batteries. Then check for the full 24VDC at the trolling motor socket on the front panel. Then check the wires going into the plug from the motor to make sure they are still connected. As with any electronic troubleshooting, you always start with the power supply before you worry about board level problems. It would be an easy fix if it were just a fuse.
If you are sure you have the correct power to the trolling motor itself, then I'd consider taking it to a repair place. It certainly could be an internal electronic component failure, but my guess would be it has something to do with the power connections. |
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Location: Clintonville, Wi | check and make sure the brushes on the motor did not come off.
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trolling motor trouble?