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Location: With my son on the water | The main problem with this type of set up though is that the Marinco connectors commonly used are only rated for 40 amps. Our new motors like a 80 lb Terrova draws 56 amps at the higher thrusts. I was smoking plugs like crazy with a series setup like this and my 80 lb Terrova.
I finally rewired my rig in parallel and used a Battery Tender plug that is rated for 100 amp. I did a few other safety related things to. (Breaker, and Master shutoff switch).
If you do rewire (don't guess on the wire size) look it up on a Wire Size/Amps Draw/Length chart.
Feel free to PM me if you need help. I like many other on here have lots of experience with this stuff.
Brad
Edited by btfish 1/16/2017 5:48 PM
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