Trolling Motor Batteries placement..

[DarthVader]

Hello everyone,come Mid February 2017 I be ordering ether the Minn Kota Ulterra 80 lb 60'' US2/i-Pilot Link or the Minn Kota Ulterra 80 lb 60'' US2/i-Pilot,I am unsure as of right now if I want it with iPilot Link or just iPilot..I am also looking at possibly going with the Minn Kota Terrova 80 lb 60'' with iPilot to have the extra money to get a new Humminbird Helix 9 o 10..

Well since I know I am going to be ordering a new trolling motor that requires 2 batteries since it will be a 24 volts system I am going to need to figure where I want to have the batteries in my boat.

I know I do have room and a place in the back of my boat to place 2 batteries the problem I am having with running 2 batteries in the back of the boat is I d not think I can place them next to each other which is not really a big issue other then having to get longer wires to run the batteries together,

if I do run the batteries in the back I will need to reroute new wires to run a 24 volt trolling motor,I know I do have a plug in the bow but I think it is only 12 volt,what is the best way to check to see if my plug can run 24 volt?

I do have another place I think I could run 2 batteries and it is spot that is in the bow that is just under where I have my front pedestal seat,here is a picture of where my front pedestal seats mounts just under the seat is a removable panel that is open to see from the rear of the boat..

Would I be ok to run the 2 batteries here,I was thinking if I run the 2 batteries here the wires would be a lot shorter meaning I would only have a very short span to run the wires directly to my new trolling motor..

I not sure ether and do not know much about running wires to power but for some reason I think I heard some where before that the shorter the wires or the path from the power source to your equipment your less to lose power or less resistance meaning the power has less of a distance to travel to power up your equipment,,

I am not sure how true this is as this was something I heard about..

 

[fhhuber]

Yep, up front under the seat is fine if they can get decent ventilation.

Part of the decision is the balance of the boat and how it handles. I'd bungee them in place where you think they should go and run the boat before running wires.

The longer the wire run the heavier the wire has to be. Especially for DC, but its also true for AC.

 

[DarthVader]

Yep, up front under the seat is fine if they can get decent ventilation.

Part of the decision is the balance of the boat and how it handles. I'd bungee them in place where you think they should go and run the boat before running wires.

The longer the wire run the heavier the wire has to be. Especially for DC, but its also true for AC.

Thanks for your help.Yeah there will surely be plenty of of ventilation up front as the whole rear part is wide open,what I would do is get myself a set of battery trays this way I could secure both batteries in place..I just have to make sure I do have enough space under the pedestal seat to fit 2 batteries which I am pretty sure there is,I just have to double check the size of the batteries I would put under there..The way that is made under the pedestal seat it sort of like a pie shape..

 

[Silvertip]

You do not need new wires to power the motor.