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Location: Indiana | Depends on the type of the trolling motor you have. If you have a cable drive motor, you can zip tie the wire to the shaft in a few places so it doesn't hang loose. But if you have a trolling motor that uses motor steering (powerdrives, terrovas, etc), there's no really good way to do it. The wire will hang loose between the zip tie and the motor unit self. It works fine that way, and as long as you don't have too little slack or too much, you will be perfectly fine.
Just adjust as necessary....too little and you won't be able to turn, and too much and your prop will clip the wire when you start moving forwards. And be sure not to tighten the zip ties too tight at the top. If you do, you'll gradually see the zip tie work it's way through the transducer cable once you "accidently" steer your motor around in a circle too much a few times. So you want it to give a bit so you can adjust and so it doesn't wear away at your cable. There's not really a better way to do it, and really it works perfectly fine.
Hope that helps! |
