circuit breaker problem

[msman2008]

I have 12 volt system on trolling motor.two red wires and one black.I have 12 volts on one wire going to trolling motor junction box and about 5 to 6 volts on the other wire. It has two circuit breakers. could one be bad?

 

[Silvertip]

Re: circuit breaker problem

if you have a 12V system, why do you have two red wires? And even more confusing is why you have two circuit breakers. A 12V system has two wires (one red from the battery POS terminal), through a breaker, to the motor. The black runs from the battery negative terminal directly to the motor -- no circuit breaker EVER in the ground wire. Are you running two batteries by any chance? If you are there are two ways to wire them. In series you get 24 volts, not 12 which would account for the two red wires. If you have two batteries in parallel that system still uses only two wires.

 

[msman2008]

Re: circuit breaker problem

I have only one battery for the trolling motor,but the two red wires were on the battery hot side.and the black on ground. with the two circuit breakers on hot side.My remote motorguide tracker 60 has 12/24. Also my remote works on 24 side of switch.should I take off one circuit breaker.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: circuit breaker problem

You should not do anything until you clarify what exactly you have and how you are operating this setup. You have a 12/24 motor but you only have one battery. Am I correct? Your motor needs two 12V batteries to operate on 24V (12+12=24). You should not set the 12/24 switch on the motor to 24 when operating with only one battery because you only have 12V input. Next question is when you took voltage measurements, where were you taking them?