Not sure what size converters or trolling motor you have but it sounds like your maxed out

 

i have 2 powermax converters to run the 24v trolling motor. there are 6 110 plugs (or) 3 boxes that look like house plugins, 3 separate 110 plugs-ins for the lights and 2 for the converter. all wires run from 110 boxes to a central location where they turn into the chord that has a ground, a neutral, and a hot wire that runs to the l14-30p plug that goes to the genny. the trolling motor may be more than 1000 watts but i think i did the ampsXvolts=watts right. that adds up to 2,200 watts going in a 3,500 watt genny.

 

I was just curious I know one power max is 900-1000 on my twelve volt trolling motor soo two would be double that? I've got ten 225 ultras and a converter running off a 3500/4000 champion

 

Ya I would say 1000 watts per converter maybe more if u r running the troller hard I have 2 powermax converters and if I run both off my eu2000 and run the troller wide open it will pop the breaker

 

Ok! So it's 1000 per side and obviously takes more juice running trolling motor wide open? Would it make it better if it was wired with 2 hots, a neutral, and a ground or is 1 hot enough?

 

OBG be on here before two long he will have all your answers.

I do know that 3-400w hps pull more than 1200w

 

http://bow.fishingcountry.com/forums/showthread.php?606-Let-talk-lights

I came up with 1368 on your lights...ok just read that u have them on 240v i dont have a clue now..lol

 

I'm not sure I just plug and play and it all seems to work out

 

Ok just thinking out loud someone correct me if im wrong. If your lights on 240v pull 1.9a which is 228w each thats 684 total on lights, an converters pullin 2k. Thats 2684w. Your genny is a 3500 thats prolly peak which would make it a 3000 running watt genny. You can only go 80% of that capacity which is 2400w. That puts you 284w over...i think

 

I believe 240v @ 1.9 Amps = 456 watts.......not 228

It doesn't sound like he is running anything at 240v anyway

They are going to pull basically the SAME watts at 240 or 120

 

That makes sense daisy utter85. It is a 4000w peak 3500 continuous but I would be close if not over.

 

Predictive text wants to get me in a fight!! Sorry DAISYCUTTER85!

 

LOL its all good.

 

if your running off the 240 and only using one hot you are only using half the gennys peak wattage. could be your problem. if you have the 120 rv plug i would suggest running off of it.

 

X2........

 

That's what i thought. That's where my logic stops and then it starts back with getting speaker wire, running it to all the hot sides of the 110's and then taking it to the #4 post on the plug... : ) aluminum won't burn in an electrical fire will it?? Lol

 

So I would roughly have 130w left out of 3500w with that so running it correctly for the 240 plug would better but still close..?

 

120 rv plug would be better than 120 on the other plug? Or should I try to get another wire going? I promise I am learning a lot and really appreciate the help.

 

The champions seem to be good generators but there's no guarantee its really putting out the watts it advertises

 

I ran all that and those two 150hps that are on the back off that eb3500 honda. I had it all wired, the converters and 400hps wired into one 20amp plug and then the two back lights were just on the regular plug in. Worked fine ran the troller maxed and never had a problem. I know that doesn't fix the problem but that is how I had it hooked up.

 

Shoulda talked me into your genny Chris.... : ) Boat is doing great by the way!

 

i personally would because you only have one hot to deal with and ive heard a lot of people saying the 120v power is more constant than the 240v. if you go 240 then run half your stuff on one hot and the other half on the other hot. dont use speaker wire. i used a 10gauge outdoor extension cord wire.

 

Thanks richy! So to confirm-- try the rv plug? Thanks again everyone.

 

yes, by using it you get max wattage on one hot wire instead of two, but if you already have the 220 and dont wont to spend the extra cash on a 120 rv plug just run a second hot wire having half your stuff on one and the other half to the other. if i was doing it i would just do the rv plug for the simplicity of it. if you have two of the regular 120 outlets you could also run half your stuff on each of the two outlets. hope this helps.

 

also to be clear a 240 is just two 120 volt lines thats why you have two hots. so by using only one you are running 120v and only half your wattage.

 

Awesome! Man I am into easy... Rv plug it is. Richy thanks again

 

I tryed to talk you into the gennerator. Glad to hear its working good!