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Location: lansing, il | Anyone have a good diagram that shows hooking up a 12v trolling motor to 2 12v batteries in parallel?
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yup. Have two batteries on my 1690 set up for my MotorGuide wireless. |
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| Here is a post from a while back that I used to set my boat up. I used Pic #4 for mine.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=42... |
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| what happens if you dont put a fuse or breaker?... |
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Location: Cohasset, MN | Nothing happens until/unless there is a problem (short) between the batteries and the TM. When too much current/amps are drawn through a wire (or any other component) with insufficient capacity it will create excess heat and may melt the components and/or wire. It can wreck the batteries in a hurry, as well. |
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Location: lansing, il | Thanks for the info those drawings help. I already have my bow mount hooked up in parallel so if I am reading those diagrams right, when I hook up my transom mount all I have to do is put my + and - on the correct batteries and I should be fine.
anyone have a problem using 8 guage wire for powering their trolling motor or is it nesassary to go to 6ga.? |
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | If you want full performance use #6 AWG. Using #8 AWG may work, but there's a good reason to follow the TM manufacturer's recommendation - performance at full power, especially at the end of the day when your batteries are getting lower in available voltage.
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