[clark3]

You need 6 gauge wire. Call boris marine electronics, he wont sell anyone anything but 6ga for their troller. These trollers are running all night, with no rest in most cases you need alot larger than 10 and 12.

 

[clark3]

call 920-929-5040, thats my motorguide rep and he will tell you all you want to know about reasons not to use 10ga or 12 ga.

 

[clark3]

With out digging out the ampacity etc. guides if you use 10 guage you better have the batteries sitting next to the troller.

EXACTLY! took the words out of my mouth. You cant get by with 10awg wire for a trolling motor. And i dont understand why you wouldnt just get the 6ga wire to begin with. If your batteries are in the back your asking for trouble. whether its a 36volt or a 101 riptide, you need larger than 10ga wire

 

[clark3]

thanks guys... got a few more ?

1. what gauge is the wire coming off the Troller...? do I need to replace that with thicker ga...? seems to be smaller than 6 ga...?

I know when I got this troller 2 years ago we made a jumper out of the leads coming from my 40 lb Minn Kota that took a Dump... it didn't work they started to heat up and Melt in the 1st few min... Good thing we had a Auto Zone 10 Blocks from the Boat ramp that was still open... Problem Fixed...

this is my current set up for running my troller... but I want to set my batteries back more and not in the 1st 3ft of the boat...lol...

2. I know I should be running a inline fuse to keep from buring up my troller... so were does it go and how many Amp Fuse should I get...?

3. I got my Male and Female Plug already they are 3pin type ment for a 24v setup... but I'm lost... why the 3 wires...? shouldn't Red go to Pos Term and Blk go to Neg Term on the Batteries...? whats the 3rd Red wire for...?

thanks

You will not run a fuse, you will run a 50 amp circut breaker on each bettery hot wire

 

[clark3]

heres what youll need

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Manu...eader%3BSearch-All+Products&Ntt=circut+breaker&WTz_l=Header;Search-All+Products

you can find them cheaper than cabelas but theyre like 7-8$