hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

[mtduckhunter]

i just got a older motorguide 24v trolling motor and im not real sure how to hook it up. i hooked the red wire to the pos. on one batt and the black to the neg. on the other and then i put a small piece of wire to conect the other pos. and neg.

i dont know if this is right. can someone please help me?? O yea and the motor DOES work.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

correct, but you need a circuit breaker in the pos post, to keep from buring up the motor of the boat.
http://www.iboats.com/24_Volt_Marin...06230143--**********.649819825--view_id.39527

 

[mtduckhunter]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

but it wont come on. there are three wires black, red, and orange. whats the orange for?

 

[Silvertip]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

You have a motor that will run on EITHER 12volts OR 24volts. There should be a switch on the foot pedal labeled 12V or 24V. The red wire is 24V, the orange is 12V and black is ground. You need a three wire receptacle to plug the motor into. Here is what your system should look like.

 

[mtduckhunter]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

Thanks man thats alot of help!! i was thinking of taking it to the shop. i will try it again.

this is a hand control motor but it has a thing that goes on the floor with a roller in it for the varible speed, but i dont know if it works. if it doesnt where can i get one of these?

 

[Silvertip]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

E-bay, Craig's List, MotorGuide, or a MotorGuide Dealer. If it doesn't work, don't throw it way as it may be that the speed coils in the motor itself are bad. If they are, the motor may not run on one or more speeds but works well on the highest setting as speed coils aren't needed for that speed.

 

[mtduckhunter]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

yea i hooked it up direct in the top and it came on and was, i think, the highest speed.

somethings wrong with this motor, i cant get it to work and i had it hooked up just like the drawing.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

Now wait a minute! You need to check the foot control box as sometimes the speed controls are in that box. Without the box in the circuit the motor can only run on that one speed. Check the speed control on that box. Does it have numbers 0-1-2-3-4-5 that clicks to each setting or is a variable knob like on a radio volume control. if its a variable knob like a volume control then the speed controls are likely in that box.

 

[mtduckhunter]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

yea its a varible speed. but the motor dont even work unless i hook the two black and two red in the top part of the motor together.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

Then it's more than likely the control box that's bad, not the motor. Did you just acquire this thing, or have you had it for awhile?

 

[mtduckhunter]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

i just got it and i was told that it worked.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

You know it works on high speed. If it doesn't work on slower speeds you need to do some troubleshooting on the box. Without pictures to see what you have I've done as much as I can.

 

[mtduckhunter]

Re: hooking up a 24v trolling motor??

i will try to post some pics!