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| I''ve switched my trolling motor from a power drive to a terrova. I bought it used and the guy snipped the power cable off to use on his next motor. He snipped it right next to the base, so I don't have enough cord to use the existing cord to plug in. So my question is, can I use the cord from my power drive on my terrova? The cord from my power drive is a 10g. I believe the remaining terrova cord is 8g, but theres not enough cord to read the label. Thanks! |
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Location: Madison, WI | Not sure why you would need the whole cord off any motor instead of just the plug, but since you have to splice the wires anyways just get a couple feet of the correct gauge wire and be done. It’s not that expensive |
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Posts: 49
| That's what I was thinking. The guy cut it and left me with 4 inches of cord to work with. Isn't too difficult to remove a plug, but maybe it was for that guy. I'll pick up some 8 gauge. |
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| It comes down to wire gauge. In a perfect world you would never put a smaller diameter wire onto a larger one . However... If it is only one gauge down and the 10AWG wire is pretty short, I think it will work. If you do it, monitor how hot that wire is getting the first few times you use it. You can just check by feeling with your hand. If it feels warm, that is OK but if it feels pretty hot, you may want to change. |
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Location: oswego, il | Was there a thrust difference between the two? Definitely get the heavier wire. |
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