Terrova i-pilot wireing question?

[goat lady]

I had a 12 volt motor guide trolling motor, and bought a 24 volt Minn Kota Terrova i-pilot. I have 2 batteries for trolling and I used a short jumper cable, and connected one end to minus post on battery #1 and the other end was connected to the plus post on battery #2 then connected the red wire to the plus post on battery #1 and the black wire to the minus post on battery # 2 now if I'm right, this should send 24 volts to the front of my boat.


up front I have a marinco brand receptacle, it has 3 holes for wires, it is a 12/24 volt DC I put the black wire in the minus hole, and the red wire in the 24 volt hole. and left the 12v hole empty. tried it and had no power. batteries are full charged. now on the back of the female receptacle it has 4 spots for wires to connect to it. A plus and A minus B plus and B minus I changed the wires from the two A's and connected them to the two B's still no power. what am I doing wrong, any help from some one that knows what I need to do here would sure make me thankful. and thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Terrova i-pilot wireing question?

I had a 12 volt motor guide trolling motor, and bought a 24 volt Minn Kota Terrova i-pilot. I have 2 batteries for trolling and I used a short jumper cable, and connected one end to minus post on battery #1 and the other end was connected to the plus post on battery #2 then connected the red wire to the plus post on battery #1 and the black wire to the minus post on battery # 2 now if I'm right, this should send 24 volts to the front of my boat.


up front I have a marinco brand receptacle, it has 3 holes for wires, it is a 12/24 volt DC I put the black wire in the minus hole, and the red wire in the 24 volt hole. and left the 12v hole empty. tried it and had no power. batteries are full charged. now on the back of the female receptacle it has 4 spots for wires to connect to it. A plus and A minus B plus and B minus I changed the wires from the two A's and connected them to the two B's still no power. what am I doing wrong, any help from some one that knows what I need to do here would sure make me thankful. and thanks in advance for any help.

That connector (the troller plug) has two "A's" and two "B's" because there are a number of 12, 24, and even combo 12/24 setups. All you need to do is make sure the "A" terminal you select, and the "B" terminal you select match up to the two terminals in the receptacle. Since Battery #1 and Battery #2 can be on the right or left the numbers don't mean anything except on a diagdram. so the long and short of this is you need to select one "A+" and one "B-" with A+ being +24 volts and "B-" being ground. Check that plug carefully as there may be a "jumper strap" in it which was used to create the connection between batteries that had separate feeds (four wires) going to the receptacle. It is not needed in your applicadtion.

 

[goat lady]

Re: Terrova i-pilot wireing question?

That connector (the troller plug) has two "A's" and two "B's" because there are a number of 12, 24, and even combo 12/24 setups. All you need to do is make sure the "A" terminal you select, and the "B" terminal you select match up to the two terminals in the receptacle. Since Battery #1 and Battery #2 can be on the right or left the numbers don't mean anything except on a diagdram. so the long and short of this is you need to select one "A+" and one "B-" with A+ being +24 volts and "B-" being ground. Check that plug carefully as there may be a "jumper strap" in it which was used to create the connection between batteries that had separate feeds (four wires) going to the receptacle. It is not needed in your applicadtion.

thanks for the info, I will try it. hope it works, this sure has had me stumped.

 

[goat lady]

Re: Terrova i-pilot wireing question?

thanks, Silvertip. for the info, the plug had a jumper strap on it. I put the red wire in the 12 volt hole and checked it with a volt meter and it had 24.8 volts on it. the jumper strap made the 12 hole be a 24.so I'm good to go now. thanks again.