BOAT BATTERY WIRING | TROLLING MOTOR | HOW TO
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- A quick battery basics video for those of you that wanted a little more of an in-depth explanation on 36, 24, and 12 volt, as well as series and parallel hookup.
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The simplest and easiest video I’ve seen on wiring a 36 volt trolling motor. Thanks bud I always second guess myself. Just became a new subscriber.
*I bought this model for my 14 ft Jon boat. **enjoyable.fishing** recommend love it!!! It pushes my boat with ease ( 2 men 220 each). I would highly recommend this to anyone.*
Of all the instructional videos about wiring on boats on RUclips.. yours are the easiest to understand for the novice.. greatly appreciated
Thanks I’m glad people find them helpful! That’s why I try to make them.. there is a lot of people I talk with on a daily basis that need battery wiring help so I try to explain things the simplest and easiest way I can so they can understand and not over complicate things.. thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it..
Thanks for the video. I'm a new boater and have a 24 volt trolling motor i need to install. I had no clue until i saw this video. You explain perfectly for regular guys like me. Thanks!!
Awesome glad you liked liked the video and it helped.. thanks for watching and commenting.. I appreciate it! And congratulations on the boat! Your life will never be the same again!
Best battery video YET THANX
The simplicity of these videos! Thank you hooking my 24 volt up tdy and subscribing
Awesome thanks for subscribing glad you liked the video and found it helpful! Welcome and hope you like the channel! Let me know if you have any questions..
Old video but exactly what I needed! Thank you! 👍
Life saver man! By far the best and simplest video i've seen in hooking batteries up in series/parallel.
Awesome! Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Yet another excellent instructional video which is very applicable to my situation. You made it so easy to understand without all the BS that goes with most You Tube presenters that love to hear their own voices ! I was subscribed from your first video and thumbs up for you mate. Thank you for sharing your expertise in the most succinct and clear way. Have a great day.
Nomad thank you so much! I really appreciate it! I’m so glad videos like these help people out.. and always love to get positive feedback..and I always try to make things as simple as possible for people to understand.. working in my shop I talk to a lot of first time boat owners and people just starting to get into fishing.. or guys looking to finally update their older boats.. thanks for all of your support! Very much appreciated! Hope you have a great holiday season! Tight lines!
This has always confused me. Six minutes of straight forward explaining and I had a "duh" moment. Wish I'd have watched your video a loooong time ago! Thanks,
New subscriber.
Awesome glad the video helped! Thanks for subscribing! And welcome to the channel!
The part about jumping from your TM batteries is invaluable information. I recently lost my alternator on big water (San Pablo Bay, fast outgoing tide, lots of shallow water) and engine would not start, I jumped it from one of my two TM batteries. ( Put jumper cables in your boat ) Started it right up. You can also swap your main battery with a TM battery if your voltage is so low that your motor has shut down due to low voltage ( which it can and will! - put tools in your boat) and that can get you back to the ramp avoiding a costly tow. (Always have a good anchor too)
Absolutely if you don’t have a battery selector switch.. that’s the next best thing.. keep some jumper cables or one of the nice jump boxes onboard.. thanks for watching the video and commenting!
Appreciate it
@@ReelLifeFisherman What if I want to hook a battery selector switch to 2 trolling motor batteries? Do I run the positive trolling motor lead to the output post on the switch and the negative trolling motor lead to one of the batteries negative post and then add a jumper cable from negative post to negative post on the batteries? I've just heard bad stuff about running parallel on how if one battery starts to crap out it can take the other battery with it. Thanks
Wow! Perfect explanation! The best I’ve seen. That helped me 100%. Thank you!!!
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
Thank you brother ! This is exactly what i'm dealing with right now on my Yamaha DLX G3 boat.
Dude your videos are fucking badass , literally only videos I've watched and actually learned and understood it
That is awesome! Thank you! I’m glad they helped! Thanks for watching and commenting! Much appreciated!
Great stuff! I came to the same thing about the trolling motor just by deduction. You K.I.S.S.d this subject perfectly, again
Awesome I appreciate the feedback and glad you liked the video! I appreciate you watching!
The last part the 12v was exactly what I was looking for for great video and thanks
Another good video. I wish I would of bought a 24 volt trolling motor but my 12 volt iPilot works good on my 17'. Mainly I just put it on low to steer and push with the kicker. I have two 6 volt golf cart batteries wired in series and have got five seasons out of them and they don't seem to be slowing down. I rarely get them down below 50% and put them on the charger as soon as I get home. I think that helps.
Shasta Steve thank you! That is exactly how I use my trolling motor as well! Just to steer and the kicker does the pushing.. sounds like you have a great set up.. don’t fix it if it ain’t broken! 😉 thanks for watching and commenting.. i appreciate it.. tight lines!
Great informational video great job
Ken's Fishing Adventures thank you ken! Thanks for all the support!
Man that helped a whole lot. How to hook up in parallel then verify with fluke. Then how to hook up in series and see the voltage doubled. Appreciate the efforts. Thanks A lot ! 👍👏👊
Awesome! Glad the video helped explain it.. thanks for watching and commenting.. I appreciate it!
Thank you for giving me the confidence to do this myself. A+ video.
Awesome! Thanks for the comment! Glad to hear it really helps people out! Thanks for watching
I didn't know I didn't know until my batteries started smoking.Thanks for the lesson
Thanks .. I’m glad the video was helpful.. thanks for watching
Love your how to video!!! I always learn something new!!!
Daniel Ramos thanks man I appreciate it! Glad you like them and hopefully they help people out.. thanks again for watching!
Could you do a video showing how to connect the onboard charger to the trolling batteries? Both the 24v and 36v setups.
Do you have to connect each battery independently or would it work paired like in this video?
Awesome video having visual aids made it very easy to understand, thanks.
Thanks! Glad it helped and thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
Never mind sir. It was the negative jumper wire from the battery switch. I disconnected the jumper off the deep cycle battery and use that post to cross over to 24 volts. I put in a second battery switch just a simple on /off and ran the comm to the trolling motor just so there is no current when jumping to 24 volts. I don't run my trolling motor much but I will see how fast I get drain off of this setup.
Keep posting tight lines.
Lol 😂 just saw this second comment.. yeah sounds like you figured it out.. but ideally you should be running 2 deep cycles of the same size and rating for your trolling motor separate from the boat batteries..
Great video! Keeping it simple
Thanks for the video. Helped out a lot. 👍
Awesome! Glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the video very informative and easy to figure out the way you explain it. Have you ever made a video with also putting in a circuit Breaker . And also putting a onboard charging system in placeand wiring that up. If you haven't made it, that would be a great video to watch. It would be helpful, thank you.
Thank you very much for this video. I learned a lot and it kept me safe while installing mine. Thanks!
Awesome glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting
First off it was a great video
My question is can you use different types of batteries for your set up
When hooking up batteries in series or parallel.. the batteries should be the same group size , type and rating and preferably even brand.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching!
VERY INFORMATIVE! Great job!
Thanks I appreciate it! Glad you liked it and found it helpful.. thanks for watching and commenting..
Thanks so much for all the useful information! 💪🎣
Thanks for watching , I’m glad it was helpful!
Thank you for a better understanding. Other videos just made me lose it lol good stuff. Now I can’t wait to get boat out on the water
This is great! Thanks for doing these.
Thanks! I appreciate it! Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Such a straightforward demonstration. Thank you
Thanks I appreciate it! Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching the video and commenting!
Boom , like that. That video was great to the point, no fuss . You rock man. Thanks
Ricardo Becerril thanks man appreciate it! Thanks for watching and commenting! Let me know if you have any questions anytime..
Thanks for helping a lot of
People with this information
Connected Fishing thanks tc ! I hope it helps explain it so people can understand.. thanks for watching..
Dude, great video. I learned something today. Thank you very much for such a straight-to-the-point video. I'm subscribed. Thanks again
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for subscribing and welcome to the channel! Thanks for watching and commenting it’s appreciated! Let me know if you have any questions.. I do my best to help out ..
This is a life saving video thanks brother.
Awesome! Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video much appreciated 👍
Glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching!
Nice vid easy to understand 👍thanks
I can see in your comments I need a much better battery charger. Interested to know if I used two batteries to run my 12v trolling motor. Would I just need to hook up one battery charger and will charge both batteries. How would that work thanks in advance
Crappie Ghost you can hook up only one bank and it would charge both batteries hooked in parallel.. or you can do a 2 bank and it would charge both batteries faster..
Thankful for all the others you just Helped out, , Short and you explained it well. What RUclips videos ought to be.
Thanks for watching and glad you like the video! Thanks for the great feedback.. I appreciate it!
Awesome video, well done thanks!
Thanks glad you liked it and it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting.. I appreciate it!
Very Informative video. This is an example of the difference between an amateur and professional speaking on products and giving out recommendations and info on those products. What type of battery would you reccomend for a 12 volt Hummingbird Endura trolling motor ?
Thanks I appreciate it! Glad you liked the video and found it helpful.. so I would definitely go with a group 31 AGM or flooded lead acid just depends on how much you want to spend really.. either one will work just fine.. the AGM will just hold up longer (in theory) I see all kinds of good new batteries with issues.. so most importantly make sure the warranty and rerun policy is good.. thanks for watching and commenting..
Great video. Thank you so much for answering my previous question regarding the 12 or 24 volt Trolling motor for my bass buggy. Im taking your advice and going with 24v. I have a noco genpro 10x3. 1 bank is going to my deep cycle engine battery and should i hook up my 2 remaining banks to my dual batteries 24v. 2 positive to one battery and 2 negative to the other battery?sice each bank is 12v.
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
Thanks ! Glad it was helpful
this is incredibly helpful. thanks man.
Awesome video. Did you make the series cables? Love how one end is positive with red and the other end is black for negative!
Great video- you explained it so it made it easy to understand
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
Very simple explaintion. Thx
Thanks I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and commenting..
Awesome video! Now if i hook 2 batteries together for a 12 v system and 1 battery goes bad will it kill or drain down the good one?
So the weaker battery will always bring down the stronger one .. so that is why I always recommend only using batteries of the same type size and rating and preferably even brand.. when hooking them up in parallel .. let me know if you have any questions and thanks for watching!
Super cool and clear explanation of this. But what about the alternator; recharging multiple battery systems like this (24/36)? Does it have to be upgraded or how does that all work? Thank you. 👍🏼🇨🇦
Thank you I learn a lot from your videos
Very clear and easy to understand. Great explanation.
Awesome glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting .. I appreciate it!
@@ReelLifeFisherman Quick question on the jumper wires, what is your preference on gauge for those?
I like to use 4ga for those
@@ReelLifeFisherman That was my thought, but wanted an expert opinion. Just purchased a new bass tracker and am getting into this, so your common sense videos are perfect for learning the basics. Thanks so much.
great explanations guy, thanks.
Glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching.. and commenting.. let me know if you have any questions anytime..
Question- I am adding a 12v MK trolling motor, an 12v MK Deckhand 40 anchor winch, and a 12v fish finder to my pontoon. Currently it has one 12v battery for cranking/radio/nav lights/etc. When adding a second battery (12v deep cycle AGM) for the trolling motor, where should I hook up the anchor winch and fish finder to? The current battery or new battery. Thanks for your guidance, great videos!
We always only recommend only hooking up the trolling motor to the trolling motor battery.. if you hook the fish finder to the same battery as the trolling motor you will get electrical interference on the screen making crazy lines on it... you could possibly hook the anchor winch to it.. but it can go dead with no way to recharge it.. leaving the anchor deployed or possibly unable to deploy if the trolling motor drains it.. I would keep everything on the crank battery.. it recharges when you are running the main engine.. let me know if you have any questions.. and thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman Thanks so much for your clarification. As a follow up question, would I want to add a two-bank charger and battery selector switch?
Great info!!!!
Awesome thanks I’m glad you liked it.. thanks for watching and commenting!
Great info. Could you explain how to wire an on/off switch to just one battery such as a cranking battery? I bought one last year but I have no idea what wires would go to this switch. I don't know if I need to buy a jumper type wire and also don't know what wires get connected to the switch? Black or red or both.? All the wires or just a couple? Again. Would appreciate your input.
Sorry I meant to respond to this question the other day but was very busy.. so it’s pretty simple with just a battery disconnect or on/off switch.. just take all the wires on the positive post and hook them to the output side on the switch.. then make a 4ga jumper from the input/battery side of the switch to the positive post.. let me know if you have any questions about it.. and thanks for watching
Thank you for the great vid J, always very informative
Thanks Mario I appreciate it! Glad you like the channel.. I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Anytime J keep up the great vids, I’ve learned a lot from you from watching your vids, so thank you!
Very good video. Very informative. Thank you for doing this!
Awesome thank you! Glad you like it! Thanks for watching and commenting
Thanks for the lesson, always appreciated! I got a question. How should I be storing my batteries. I got a 24v motor. I just leave the batteries on the boat and charge them up before I go out. After 15-16 months with the same pair I get about 3-4 hours vs 8 or so hours when they were new. Thanks- Chris P
ChrisPfish glad you like the video Chris! I always recommend getting a good on board battery charger.. one with enough banks for each battery on board.. and leave it plugged in all the time.. it will Maintain your batteries and you will get more life out of them.. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions..
@@ReelLifeFisherman Okay, so instead of putting them on the charger day before going out just put them on the charger when I get home from a trip and leave it charging continuous until next trip?
Only if it’s a smart charger.. meaning it has a float and maintenance charge cycles .. it won’t over charge or sit at full charge all the time..
I have a Minn Kota digital charger.. pro mariner makes one .. Bass pro has one made by them.. noco genius .. are a few I would recommend.. if you don’t have one already
First I love your simplicity in your videos. I have a 24 trolling motor . I'm currently running a dual purpose marine battery group 24. I went out and purchased a group 31 deep cycle. I ran all 12 volt wires to a battery switch and wired it exactly as you posted One post off the switch to battery one . One positive wire to battery two . Comm to the engine. With a negative jumper. Everything works great . So thank you. With the switch off so I don't fry anything. I hook my jumper wire positive dual battery to negative post deep cycle and I get sparks. Big time sparks . Do both batteries have to be deep cycle? The same size? And if they do can I purchase an AGM group 31 and pair that with the group 31 deep cycle. I like the AGM better if I need to purchase a third battery. I'm using all 4 awg wiring.
Thank you for your time.
So with that negative jumper between the 2 batteries and you then trying to go 24v with a positive to negative jumper.. you are arcing the battery.. you need to have totally separate batteries to run a trolling motor off of .. the cranking and house deep cycle are for the boat only.. so you need a total of 4 batteries.. 2 deep cycles for the trolling motor.. and one cranking and one deep cycle for the battery switch set up.. let me know if you have any questions about anything before you wire anything up.. thanks for watching the channel
Great Information and explained it well. Thank you.
Zman Fishing thanks I’m glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching..
@@ReelLifeFisherman
Lets take this video one step further I have a boat that that has 2 batteries with a battery switch to connect the battery 1, 2 or both. Can i still pull 24 volts from the 2 batteries? Or does the battery switch and jumpers from + to + and - to - cause an issue with putting the jumper from + to - for the 24 volt side.?
This is a boat that my son uses for short trips behind our home so i am not worried about the batteries lasting all day. Just trying not to have to buy 2 more batteries for trolling motor. Thanks for any advice you can give and keep the great videos coming!!
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I have a 24v trolling motor, and now I understand how to hook up the two batteries, but how about if I have a kill switch and foot pedal? Where and when do I introduce the kill switch wires? Thank you
If you have a quick connect plug receptacle at the bow for the trolling motor you can just unplug it.. but if you don’t or want the switch.. you would put it on the main power lead to the trolling motor .. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions about it..
Well done....👍
Great video you really helped me understand, but I do have a question. I have a 1996 Ranger 395 FS it a fish and ski model. And it is already been pre wired at the dealer I bought the boat from last spring. I noticed that it is wired for a 24 volt output but at the front of the boat where the trolling motor nis wired there are only 2 wires. in the back it looked like they were sending a axtra grey wire to the front but when I wired in the new trolling motor there was only 2 leads going to my trolling motor. I have used it a couple of times and it seems to be working all right. I guess I should check the voltage with a tester like you used to see what I have there. It just with a extra wire in the back I am not sure what is going on. Thanks for clearing some of it up for me.
Tracy Hubbard any idea the size of the wire? They used to run 2 sets of lead up the the bow.. one wired at 12v the other at 24v it could also have been for a battery charge indicator gauge if your boat had one.. let me know if you have any questions anytime.. thanks for watching
Great informative video. Do you need to go with heavier gauge wire when you go from 12 to 24 or will the wiring that’s in the boat now work, mine is a 2019 tracker. Thanks
Question. When connecting the trolling motor (12 volt) to a paralleled set up, do you hook the trolling motor positive to one battery and the negative to the other? I’ve seen a few other videos where the demonstration/diagram showed this. Thanks
Thanks for the detailed info. Just got a 12v 50lb thrust bow mount, I have a deep cycle 27 and a smaller AGM battery. Can I connect these parallel safely to extend battery life AND use for my fish finder, bilge, and secondary trolling motor? Thank you!
When you connect 2 batteries together you should always make sure they are the same exact battery.. size ,rating even brand and age preferably! Or the weaker one will eventually ruin the stronger one.. also I never recommend hooking anything to the trolling motor batteries.. especially the fish finder.. it will cause electrical inference when the motor is running.. let me know if you have any questions.. sorry I just saw this question.. thanks for watching
@@ReelLifeFisherman I appreciate your help! That makes sense, great info. Thanks again!
Liked the video! I just bought a 10ft boat w a 55lb minn cita trolley motor.
The boat has an enclosure for the battery. I bought a group 31 deep cycle marine battery. The boat is orreries from that compartment to the back for a quick plug to the trolley.
When I was out today for the first time, the breaker that’s on the positive wire of the battery kept popping if I kept the door of the compartment closed. It was overheating. If I opened the door it was fine. Do you have any suggestions? Do I need to install a fan of some sort or change out the breaker? Is the gauge of the wire too thin? Thanks for your time!!!
You should have a 50 amp breaker and depending on how long the wire is ran from the battery to the trolling motor.. it should have 10ga minimum.. also sometimes the breaker itself can just go bad.. let me know if you have any questions but you should be able to run it with the lid closed if everything is correct.. thanks for watching
Reel Life Fisherman thanks for the advice! I will definitely try your suggestions!!
Fantastic video man. Thanks for posting.
Thanks! Glad you liked it! Appreciate the comment..
Thank you very much for video 😍😍😍🥰🏅
Thanks for the video, very informative.
Mario Moreno glad you liked the video and found it informative.. I try to explain things without making it over complicated if I can.. thanks for watching and for the comment!
Great video, very helpful. Thanks Tom!!!
Awesome glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
I bought a small jon boat with a 24v trolling motor. It currently has two 12v lead batteries wired in series fir trolling motor and 12v accessories coming of a single battery. In your video you Said you dont recommend but didn't really get into why. Could you tell me why? Should I get a third battery for lights and fish finder?
Good video. Thanks for making that look easy. I have a question about hooking up an onboard charger to a 24v series system. Which terminals would you hook up the charger too? The trolling motor terminal? The series terminals?? Or all four terminals???
Thanks glad you liked the video! So you want to hook each battery charger bank to each battery.. positive and negative.. they are designed to detect and protect themselves and the batteries.. let me know if you have any more questions about it . Thanks for watching and commenting
New to boating here and great explanation ... I only have one 12 v 75ah battery to which I connect my 55lb thrust TM. Is it safe to connect my fish finder directly to the same battery?
No you shouldn’t ever hook a fish finder to a trolling motor battery because when you use the trolling motor the screen will go crazy with lines and static due to the trolling motor electrical feedback.. you should hook it to the cranking battery.. let me know if you have any questions.. thanks for watching
Thanks, there didn’t seem to be huge feedback, but are there any safety implications to the fish finder and shorting it out?
No worries there as long as both the trolling motor and fish finder has appropriate rated fuse and circuit breaker.. the feedback will happen when the trolling motor is running.. and as the trolling motor drains the battery.. the fish finder will loose voltage.. it’s definitely not recommended.. but sometimes I guess if you don’t have a choice
Wow plain and simple nuff said!
mike d thanks hope you liked the video.. I try to keep it plain and simple the best I can when explaining things.. this is something I explain a lot to people upgrading or just bought a new boat.. thanks for watching.. and commenting.. I appreciate it.
Great video, thanks. What gauge cable should I use to hook 2 12v in parallel?
I would recommend 4ga. Thanks glad you liked it hope it helped.. thanks for watching.
Great informative video. Thank you.
Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching!
Excellent info!!!! Thanks!!!!!
Thanks I’m glad you like the video! Glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting I appreciate it!
thank you simple as that
I enjoyed watching the video. I'm watching battery wiring because I have a question on my trolling battery setup. I saw that if I take a voltmeter to each battery after a full charge they are 13.50. So expecting touching the positive post and the negative post I should get something between 24 and 26. But I don't, I get zero (0). Why? I noted that a negative cable goes from TM1 to the Trolling motor, and positive cable from TM2 going to a circuit breaker then another positive cable from the circuit breaker to the Trolling motor. Theres a cable between TM1 and TM2 from negative (TM2) to positive (TM1). Does that make sense? So I would say that is a series connection to provide 24 volts. So why am I not seeing 24v with the voltmeter? Thanks for any input!
Great video. I have a 24v trolling motor what would u recommended on the g writing to use? Also I wanted too know if I want to run a fish Finder would I need a 3rd battery? If so how would that look
Join boat build so I’m trying to get less weight possible! Tia
I would recommend 8ga. Anchor marine duplex wire.. and make sure you get a 50amp circuit breaker.. you will have to have another battery for the fish finder.. hooking it to one of the trolling motor batteries will basically make your fish finder useless when the trolling motor is running.. due to electrical interference.. hopefully that helps and thanks for watching the video
Thanks - nice and clear - I did not read all of the 202 comments but am wondering how best to charge the 24V series system. Is this 1 24V charger or 2 -12V chargers?
Thanks glad you liked the video! So the way is to get an on board charger with one bank per battery .. wire it positive and negative to each battery individually.. it will do the rest.. thanks for watching.. let me know if you have any questions..
Hey Jason
Question would you get the Duracell or interstate marine battery? If so why i believe the coast is about the same. Where do you purchase you Duracell battery at?
Daniel Ramos I would get the Duracell they are an AGM battery ..and they have a 2 year replacement where interstate only has a one year.. and the only place I know for sure you can get Duracell is at batteries plus..
Where is battery plus located? Thanks for alway coming thru with info. I value your opinion and expertise
Daniel Ramos there is one in Roseville on the other side from the mall.. I believe.. like you are going to Lowe’s
Reel Life Fisherman
Jason found a store near for the battery however too many model to choose from. I will be using it for trolling motor and crab pot puller. What model would you recommend?
Group 31 deep cycle AGM
These days, LFP is the way to go, unless you do a lot of charging when your batteries are below freezing temps. Even then, it's easy to warm up the batteries before charging, and LFP is a much better value proposition than SLA or AGM.
Thanks buddy 💪🏻
Changing over to a 24v trolling motor what size jumper leads you recommend. Thanks
Crappie Ghost I usually run 4ga but 8 would be the smallest I would ever run for jumpers.. and 8 would be the smallest I would run for the main run to the motor as well..
Great video! How would you hook up a 3 wire trolling motor to the 24 volt system?
So is your trolling motor selectable from 12v or 24v ? Like an older motorguide? Or do you just have one of the older plugs that is wired for both 12 or 24v? Let me know.. thanks for watching the video glad you liked it
Great video, really clear explanation. I have a 24v motorguide I'm installing and instructions say to not connect it to 12v common ground. So do the 24v (in series) batteries remain ungrounded? Is this what is called a floating ground?
So you connect it straight to the negative on the one battery and the positive from the trolling motor to the positive of the other battery with a 50 or 60 amp breaker.. then go positive to negative between the two batteries.. thanks and let me know if you have any questions
Is it possible to charge those batteries form the alternator on your engine? or do you have to have separate charging system?
I'm using a battery switch to use two batteries with my 12V trolling motor, but running each battery independently. What is the proper way to rig it to a switch so that the batteries are separated?
so what if you have lights and a trolling motor will that work as well? or should you use one battery for the trolling motor and one for the lights? could you do a demonstration showing how you would wire a trolling motor using a circuit breaker running to a marine switch panel Thanks
So can you still run your lights and pumps off the 24v system just hook up leads to one side of battery?
Great video! To extend my running time can I run two 24v systems in parallel? If so, can I also charge all four batteries at one time?
So that is called a series parallel system.. and to be honest I have never seen it done in a boat for trolling motors.. we did it a lot in the Army.. I was a mechanic.. and we would wire the trucks that way..semi trucks do it too.. but it does double the amp output.. you would need a 4 bank charger... I’m not gonna say to do that for a 24v trolling motor only because I’ve never done it or seen it done yet.. but it would work.. let me know if you try it out.. I put in a alternator charger to extend my run time.. thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions..
Great explanation and presentation....appreciate it
Thank you glad you liked it! And appreciate the comment..
Question, I have a two bank charger one to the cranking battery and one to the trolling battery if I brought another battery in line for the trolling motor will that charger charge the two batteries parallel together and also the cranking battery or do I need another charger? Thanks for your help
So yes it would.. but none of the charger manufacturer’s want you to do it because it can over load that bank.. they want a bank for each battery.. so you should get a 3 bank or add another single.. thanks for watching and the question..
Can I hook up two 12 volts one in front of other for super charged 12volt and how would I hook up trolling motor? Or would I have longer usage just switching 12 volt with another one for longer electric trolling motor day