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bow mount trolling motor

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:36 pm
by zman
Hi Everyone

So as you may know I bought a 14' lund DLX and I'm working on a casting plat form for the bow and also working on mounting the Minn Kota ,

The question I have is can I wire the Minn kota direct to the battery or do I need a special plug ? I currently will a be installing an onboard charger 2 bank 1 bank to the cranking battery and other to the trolling motor battery

Re: bow mount trolling motor

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:23 pm
by lape0019
You can wire direct but make sure you have a breaker on the positive side.

I preferred being able to unplug my motor for charging purposes but turning off the breaker does the same thing. My current motor is wired direct and has a little box with posts to attach the leads on the TM to the wiring in the boat but as long as the connection is good and covered properly, there should not be any issues.

Re: bow mount trolling motor

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:47 pm
by zman
Thanks

So would it be one of the Minn -kota in line fuse devices circuit breaker

Re: bow mount trolling motor

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:36 am
by lape0019
As long as the breaker/fuse is rated for what the motor requires, it really doesn't matter what you use.

I installed the breaker in my old boat and it worked perfectly.

Re: bow mount trolling motor

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:56 am
by zanetti
lape0019 wrote:As long as the breaker/fuse is rated for what the motor requires, it really doesn't matter here what you use.

I installed the breaker in my old boat and it worked perfectly.
I'll try to install it too!