Should trolling motor fuse be close to motor or battery

Refer to the Minn Kota Conductor Gauge and Circuit Breaker Sizing Table. 36V motors require either a single Pack 36V battery or three 12V batteries in series.

The 7605 does require that the start battery and the HouseAuxTrolling battery have a common negative connection.

Should trolling motor fuse be close to motor or battery. You only need one close to the battery. Myself I would rather have a breaker because you only have to reset it. Unless you have a problem with your wireing or the motor you can keep fishing.

The reason you want it close to the battery is that if you have a problem with the wireing it is more than likely to be past the fuse or breaker. A circuit breaker should be installed on the positive wire between your battery and the motor. The closer to the battery the better.

Installing a circuit breaker is easy as long as you are comfortable working with wires and connections. You can hire a marine technician to install a circuit breaker for your trolling motor. However if you are looking to do the job yourself then.

What is the reason for a fuse on the trolling motor. The purpose of the fuse is to protect the wire not the trolling motor. Where is the best place to place it.

Some say close to motor others say close to the battery. Does the type of fuse matter. It should be within 7 of the battery.

While a fuse will work a resettable circuit breaker is prefered. You need to protect your battery and wiring. A fuse SHOULD be installed as close as possible to the POSITIVE post of your battery.

The fuse protects the wiring and the battery from overheating in the event too high a current is being drawn from the battery through the wire. Use a fuseholder rated for the AMPERAGE that the trolling motor draws. A fuse or breaker within 1 of the battery is nessasary as you mentioned.

I would go a bit bigger on the fusebreaker than what the motors max current draw is so you dont pop it if you stall out the motor. If the max draw is 42 amps go with a 50 amp breaker. Connect the positive power cable of the trolling motor to the terminal that has been labeled AUX on the breaker.

Connect the terminal labeled as BAT on the breaker to the positive end of the battery post. Click here to check out our article on Tips On Installing An Electric Trolling Motor. Using a Fuse Instead of a Circuit Breaker.

It should also be fused as close to the power terminal of the battery as possible. The fuse at the battery should be just a bit higher than the total amperage of fuses or the fuse block. Most accessories will run off of 14 gauge wire except the trolling motor.

The trolling motor wiring will be determined by how what TM and how far from the. The 7605 does require that the start battery and the HouseAuxTrolling battery have a common negative connection. Which according to Minn Kota may damage the trolling motor.

I cant say much other than for the 7605 to work you will have to wire it in a way which will void the warranty on the Minn Kota trolling motor. If your batteries are running out to fast on your electric trolling motor there are three main things to check and then dont try number four if you have not found the problem. Water in your motor.

Short in your wiring. Check these things in this order and you should cover all your bases. Identifying deep cycle batteries.

For electric trolling motors you want a battery or batteries with Ah ratings this means they are designed to deep cycle regularly discharge over a long period and then recharge. If you see batteries with only CCA ratings avoid these. CCA stands for Cold Cranking Amps which refers to what power a battery can provide.

The crazy fools had 10 wire on a 24 volt 80 thrust motor with over 25 feet of wire. I corrected the problem by buying a 40 amp push button reset circuit breaker from Cabelas or maybe it was Bass Pro and installed 6 wire from the batteries to the bow. The breaker came with open pigtailed 6 wire so I simply soldered it into the system.

You have the 60 Amp fuse there to protect the battery and the trolling motor. Most likely what youre going to plug into a USB port will be sensitive electronics with a battery. In other words things like phones tablets laptops etc.

And the battery will protect them from small power spikes and stuff. For example if you wanted to attach a quick-disconnect wire near the trolling motor or in-line with the trolling wire plug you can find a quick-connect plug. However if you have a transom mount motor we recommend that you consider a quick-connect plug for trolling motors that will attach to the terminals on the circuit breaker and the battery.

This will allow you to remove the wiring. It is highly recommended that a circuit breaker or fuse be used when installing a trolling motor. Refer to the Minn Kota Conductor Gauge and Circuit Breaker Sizing Table.

For motors requiring a 60-amp breaker the Minn Kota MKR-19 60-amp circuit breaker is recommended. Batteries should be stored and maintained at full charge. I highly recommend installing a circuit breaker or a fuse between the battery and your trolling motor.

If you keep your battery in a specially designed battery box it may already be equipped with a fuse. In this case you will need to check if the fuse is the right size for your motor. The fuses at the batteries seem fine.

Ive read that you should not charge the batteries with the trolling motor plugged in. In other words I should disconnect power if the trolling motor is not in use charging or in storage. Apparently that is the number 1 cause of failure and something that I just learned.

Following are some of the things you may experience when your trolling motor blows a fuse or comes close to it. Motor Suddenly Turns Off. Just like we mentioned in the example the moment your fuse blows your trolling motor will stop working.

If you try to get it to work again the chances are that it will not cooperate until the fuse is replaced. If you fuse or circuit breaker the 12 gauge at a low enough amperage to make sure you dont fry it you wont be putting getting enough power to your TM to run it properly that if you are running a locator and a TM on the same wire you may lose the reading on your locator every time the TM is on or blow the internal fuse in the locator every time you hit the TM and that by. I dont know I dont have my chart here at home its at work.

As for the fuse the fuse should be 125 of the rated load. So if your motor is a 30amp motor the fuse should be actually be 375. They dont make that so a 40 would have to suffice.

Being that it came with a 30 Im betting that the motor is actually rated less than 30. Battery or two 12V batteries in series. 36V motors require either a single Pack 36V battery or three 12V batteries in series.

48V motors require either a single Pack 48V battery or four 12V batteries in series. Determine the amp draw of your motor. Max amp draw of your trolling motor should be less than the max amp draw of your battery.

The same 40P motor connected to 2 105 Amp-Hour batteries connected in series for 24v will draw 75 x 40 30A at full power and will give you approximately 105 30 35 hours of running time give or take. This seems to suggest that the 40P motor is more efficient at 12v than it is as 24v. 1 Install new battery tray and put 2nd deep cycle battery in it.

2 Connect red wire with 50a fuse to the positive post of battery 1. 3 Connect black wire to negative post of battery 2. 4 Take 6 jumper wire and connect it to negative post of.

Lastly if the trolling motor battery is not stored in the battery compartment of the boat it is good to use a Minn Kota battery box. This protects the battery provides a handle to move the battery provides an inline fuse and makes it easy to connect the trolling motor leads.