Trolling Motor Power Plug

[JEH in La]

Thats pretty big wiring to wrap on a screw. Just insert it into the hole behind the screw and tighten down. Its designed that way.Everyone should believe in something. I believe Ill just go fishing!

[dbasketman]

Skin it, twist it, loosen screws to open clamps, insert wires and tighten.

[PhilAddison]

As basketman says.

[cb2structural]

Youd think this would be simple. I opened the directions to the new male plug and it said, for a straight 24v trolling motor, red goes in “24” hole and black goes in “-” hole. I did this, tightened everything down, plugged her in……no power. Boy, Im getting “right” about at that moment. After taking a short break, I decided to open up the plug on the Minn Kota I just took off. Inside this plug, the red is to “12” and the black is to “-“. I changed my new plug, even though that was against the directions, and wa-la, power. This is the original trolling motor, so this must have been done at the factory. This must have something to do with the female receptrical being a 24/36 plu-in (even though this is and always has been a 24v system) and the trolling motor straight 24….both of which are factory installed. Seemed very strange that the plug off the old was wired not in agreement with the product directions. At least now Ive got it fixed…..I hope.

[dbasketman]

The jumper is in the plug, making 24v. http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/3f225 … 1607ce.jpgLast edited by dbasketman on September 19th, 2014, 3:18 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Jones TrollingMotor]

I dont know why Basscat does this. They are the only one that I see is wired this way. They provide the jump at the batteries on a two wire system, which is fine. The plug was initially designed for a four wire system where another (red charge plug) could be used that would parallel the batteries for an external charger to charge through the same trolling motor receptacle. On standard wired trolling motor, the negative would go to the “-” on the plug and the positive to the “24” side. Since there is no connections on the boat side “12” (B-) or the “4th terminal” (A+), the jumper never comes into play. You need skin the wire back, insert through the holes in the plug, and tighten the screw to tighten the connections. “wrapped” wires do not make a good connection. As a FYI, with it wired this way, if you pulled the trolling motor to put in a buddies boat that has the 4-prong plug wired correctly, you will be on 12V instead of 24V.Hope this helps.JohnJones Trolling Motor Services870 773 3474Motorguide/MinnKota/PowerPole/Lowrance/Humminbird

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