Wireing for 24 volt

[mailman55]

I recently bought a 19' Starcraft LE190 which I haven't picked up yet, but was wondering how many wires do I have to run back to the batterys in the back for 24 V? I am going to use 6 ga. jumper cable wire from front to back but I noticed that the female plug has 2 orange and one black 10 ga. wires. Do both the orange wires connect to the hot wire and the black to the grouond? I am going to hook the batterys in a 24 V pattern but am a little confused about how many wires go to the back and how the connect to the battery. Thanks for any help. Sandy

 

[Drowned Rat]

Re: Wireing for 24 volt

Hi there MM. On like, same age batteries, connect the neg. terminal on one to the pos. terminal on the other. Then connect your troller to the unused neg. terminal on one battery and the unused pos. terminal on the other battery. In other words, you don't need any extra wires going from your trolling motor to the batteries.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Wireing for 24 volt

If the trolling motor receptacle has three terminals, you only use two of them. Black is ground, either of the other two can be used for the positive +24 feed. Below is a diagram of how to connect the batteries. Ignore the accessory feeds if you don't want to run a locator or other accessories off the troller batteries.

Here's a diagram showing how to wire the batteries and a two-bank on board battery charger. Just so you know, do not connect your engine charging system to either of these setups. Remember, it's 12V output, not 24. Besides, you would need to make very long high speed runs to even begin to top off those batteries.

 

[mailman55]

Re: Wireing for 24 volt

Thanks for the info I sort of thought that's the way it should be but I wanted to make sure. Once again thanks. mailman