Think the trolling motor is 12 volt system but not sure. So do I have it hooked up correct? Will it hurt the motor if it is hooked up this way? Should I have the Pos lead of motor to one of the batteries pos side and the neg lead of motor to the other batt neg side?
2007-03-26 12:03:14 · 4 answers · asked by brains 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
So I found out that it is a 24 volt trolling motor........so hook up pos to neg, and pos to neg then the leads from the motor to just one of the batteries...pos to neg???????
2007-03-26 12:57:48 · update #1
The proper way to wire two 12 volt batteries to make 24 volts is get a short cable long enough to go from the neg side of battery 1 to the pos side of battery 2 . Then connect the neg wire from the trolling motor to the neg side of battery 2 and connect the positive wire to the positive side of battery 1.
2007-03-26 15:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the motor is 12V then the batteries must hooked in parallel. That is pos to pos and neg to neg then hook the leads to the motor.
If the motor iss 24V then it would be pos to neg and pos to neg and then to the motor.
Yesm if the batteries are not hooked up correctly it will harm your motor.
2007-03-26 19:13:47 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a battery isolater from ur marine store and you can switch from 1 to as many as 4 batteries or run off 2.
2007-03-26 19:52:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
connect your batteries in parallel, i.e + to +, - to -.
this will give you 12V across them, and let you run for longer(twice current available)
you have it set up in series, + to -, this will kill your motor very soon,
hope this helps
2007-03-26 19:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by fatbadge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋