How to Properly Wire 12v, 24v & 36 Volt Trolling Motor Batteries In Your Boat (Series vs. Parallel)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Short Tip Saturday #1: In this video I will show you the proper way to connect your batteries when installing a 24v or 36v trolling motor. I also explain the difference between series and parallel configurations and how using a parallel battery configuration can benefit 12v trolling motor users.
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Geez!! You made this simple and I didn’t have to become an electrician just to wire my 24v trolling motor. Thank you !!!!!!!
Probably the easiest and quickest explanation for battery questions awesome video!
Thank you!
Fantastic video. I just bought my first 24v trolling motor and this made all the sense in the world. Thank you!
The explanation is simple and easy to understand, very professional. thank you
Thanks 👍
Exactly what I was looking for, great video !!! Thank you.
Easy to understand explanation. I would add that when hooking up the two trolling motor electric leads to use the unused positive and negative posts.
Excellent video thanks a lot!!
Thanks for watching!
Question, 24 volts set up, can you add the 3rd battery to get more capacity? Thanks just asking?
Can you? Yes. Should you? No.
The load would be unbalanced and would place unnecessary strain on the single battery.
Awesome video! How would you connect the wires to the trolling motor? Would it be the positive from battery 1 and the negative from battery 3?
Yes sir. Thanks for watching!
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Thanks A million for your effort making this video greatly appreciated 👍👍
Very good quality video and very informative
Thanks...which is best recommended, parallel or series connections??
If you have 3 batteries in series, could the cranking batter be ran parallel to one of them?
This is what I came here looking for.
What if you add 3 more batteries for a total of 6 for a 36V system....
You absolutely could!
Great video, thank you.
Thanks Josh, truly just learned something now when I finally get my trolling motor I know what I can do to stay on the water longer.
WHICH BATTERY WOULD I CONNECT THE TROLLING MOTOR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WIRES TO FOR THE 36V CONFIG?
When wired as shown in the video, you will have one battery with an unused positive terminal and one battery with an unused negative. These are the ones you'd connect your trolling motor to. These are the same terminals you see me connect the volt meter probes to in the video.
I got a 36v minnkota. Can I use 3 battery's in series for that, using one of them for my crank battery?
Was thinking if I needed more I could have a extra cable to temp wire 2 Into parallel to start if they are low from trolling....
Yes. That would work just fine.
Would you use a golf cart charger 36v to charge the 3 battery 36v setup or disconnect and charge 12v individually 🤔
You can actually leave them connected while still charging them individually.
I use a noco genius 3 bank charger to keep my 36v system charged. It has 3 separate 12v charging outputs.
My boat is a 12 volt system right now and my outboard motor charges the battery can I toss in another 12 volt battery to make my system 24 volts for a bigger trolling motor without damaging anything? Or is it best just to get 2 new batteries to make a 24v system for it and keep the 12 volt for my boat
If you have the room to dedicate two batteries to your trolling motor, it would be better. If not, it is OK to add a second battery and use the starting battery to help make your 24v system.
I have done both before depending on how much extra space I had in my boat. You'll definitely get the best results from separate trolling motor batteries. Not just in terms of performance, but trolling motors also generate electrical interfere which can affect the signal quality on your electronics such as fish finders.
Thank you big help.
Great video, ,thanks!
Thanks. Great explanation. Quick , concise and to the point.
thank you very helpful
You are seriously amazing at teaching. Thank you for making it so easy understand.
Well explain thank you
Good video but what terminal do I hook my trolling motor leads to pos one battery 1 and negative on battery 3 or just hook it to any pos and negative battery to get the 36 v ?
You'll connect it to the same terminals I connect the meter to in the video. The unused terminals on batteries one and three.
Good video. 👍
Good Stuff
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Thank u i love this info
I was given an old trolling motor and I am wondering what type of battery to get for it. The motor is a Minn Kota 25 Watt 14 lb thrust three speed with reverse. I would like a battery that can be used all day. Can you help me? Also, seeing that it has been in my parents basement for about 25 years, is there anything I should service on it before I use it?
That is likely a 12v trolling motor. A group 24 battery would let you fish for days on it.
I'd remove the prop and make sure there isn't any line wrapped around the shaft, and look at the shaft seal to make sure it isn't dry rotten, but aside from that you're probably good to go.
Those older units were built like tanks.
@@TheWeekendAngler thank you!
thank you!!
thanks it did help!
Hi, Can you please confirm if two 12 volt batteries can be hooked up in series for a 24 volt trolling motor and also run 12 volt fish finder graphs at 12 volts if the graphs are hooked up to just one of the batteries? Thanks, Tony
Yes that will work.
@@TheWeekendAngler Good, thank you for letting me know.
Awesome 👏
Nice 📸 TYvm.
Thanks dude!
Very good
Great video
Does parallel double running time?
Parallel will double your running time.
Great Video
Thanks bro
Thank you!
Thanks
Thanks I needed to know how to make a 24v system since I bought a 24v inverter and didn't think the 24v would be such a pain in the ass to deal with
I have 24Volt Trolling Motor and 2 Batteries. With Red, Orange,Black and Ground wire tips on hooking that up?
Assuming with this video I put Red on Positive and Orange on Negative?
thank you nice + simple! 🙂
So we connect the trolling motor to the empty terminal ?
Yep. The trolling motor will connect to the same unused terminals that I connected the volt meter to in this video.
You caused a big problem if some one try the technique in solar system, cox you don't explain which inverter and how the panel should be . .. anyway it's good !
Nice !
Great info, Thank you.. Also thanks for no annoying back ground music, Cheers
Thanks
Best video on the internet on this topic, thanks you are a great teacher...
Thank you so very much!
thanks mate was helpful 👍
You're very welcome
Awesome simply explained, great job, in refreshing my memory how to do this. Thx
Thanks I hooked my batteries wrong thanks for your help
hey
BIG THANKS 🙏🏿 needed this for a quick recovery lesson on battery connections!!
I appreciate the info, very helpful. Thanks 😎
See Josh thanks that’s just what I was looking for buying my first 24 V trolling motor was trying to figure it out thanks for the help buddy
Awesome and thank you. Very informative. I did my pontoon with a switch. Side #1 one battery, side #2 two batteries parallel.
Hello, what guage and length wire? Also, to charge can you simply connect the trickle charger to the two open posts? And recommendations for pre made wires, vs making my own? For 36v system
My 24v series system works nicely, but how come my battery with the negative from the trolling motor keeps dying first? Every 3 years.
Awesome vid thank you. I’m preparing to upgrade to 36v and was unsure of how to do it but now I’m confident I can get it done 😎😎
Best straight forward video, I ever saw. So glad, I didn't listen to basspro.
Great job I just got a 36 volt trolling motor thx alot
I'm running 3 battery 2 battery 24v but I'm charging all 3 battery individual charger but it's still hook up 24v wire is it go to still charge 12v each for boat my pro battery charger went bad that way I 3 charger for now
How would you charge 36 volt system ? Thanks! Great video!
Sir sell we connect two battery with 150ah and 180ah new battery to Microtek xp1400 inverter in parallel???
Thank you i understood it before and you reaffirmed it in simple understandable terms
I came across this videos love it so easily explained so I checked out a few of your other videos you have gained Another subscriber for life my friend keep up the good content
Very good explanation👍 Even Bubba got it😂
Awesome video, informative....quick and to the point.
Nice video. Simple enough for an old dude like me to understand. Thanks.
Yes this did help me however it wasn't for fishing
haven't been out on the water for a good time now
Central Florida where the fishing used to be
Spectacular.
best video to understand such an basic concept... ty for the video
So how do you set it up to charge?
You would charge each battery individually.
Nice job. Best explanation yet of parallel and series hookups.
Wow, thank you for making it easy to understand!
My boat is already wired to just one battery for a 12 volt trolling motor. Just bought a 24 volt trolling motor. The existing battery I already have all I need do is put the 2nd battery in and run one jumper wire to it and then I’m good to go? Is anything else need to be changed like up front where the plug in goes and all that?
Sweet just what I was looking for thanks pal from UK
How come when connecting in series it doesn’t spark
When you boost a car battery and mix up the cable it sparks
Great job explaining. Thank you
Great tips, ty. I have a 12V system where I have battery in back of boat and a battery in front of boat and I have a wire from both negative and positive going to to front. Is that still 12v system, how ever I want to put a 2nd battery up front and connect to the one that is already there. What is your suggestion how to connect each battery? And will it give longer run time?
Thank You, realy give me some reason to understand how it works/ to do!
Thank you sir
You're very welcome
great video man
Thank you!
For Solar to rind refrigerator for bank storage Do you recommend a 12v,24v or 36v ??
Wow how simple good exclamation thanks!
So, when you do 24 or 36 volts, you only need one cable on the batteries instead of two?
You'll need a positive and negative cable to run from your battery bank to your load (trolling motor, inverter, etc) the positive and negative supply cables attach to the same unused posts where I connected the volt meter.
On a 24v system you'll use 2 batteries and 1 connecting wire (the yellow wire in the video)
On a 36v system you'll need 3 batteries and 2 connecting wires.
@@TheWeekendAngler thanks a lot!
@@Blessbethelord you're very welcome
Thanks. Explained very well.
Great is so cool. Thanks for sharing
Simple explanation. So when I series connect the 3 batteries for a 36v connection I then run the boats neg and pos connection to the open slots left on the battery 1 and 3, right?
Best video yet, thx for the simple explanation.
Thank you
With a 24 volt,do you connect the trolling motor to just one battery after you connect pos to the seconds battery net?
I just bought a used bass boat, it wasn’t connected right and now one battery is dead. I understand your explanation but where do you put all the wires for the charging system, the trolling motor and other accessories? Also if one battery is dead, do I have to buy two of the same batteries now or can I buy one battery and add the new one to the existing battery that is new and not the same brand?
Thank you! Very well input.
I've got a 1998 Stratos bass boat and I've been told that I dont need a jumper because mine jumps at the receptacle on the front deck. My 75lb 24volt trolling motor isn't as strong as I think it should be. I currently don't have any jumper wires and my two batteries are just wired normal. Ive got 2 positive wires and two negative wires coming from the receptacle on the front. Any suggestions? I understand that if the receptacle is reading 24volts then in theory when i plug my trolling in i should wired up correctly?? Maybe... Awesome video! Thanks
Thanks for watching. Lots of information to cover here, so let me know if I miss anything.
1st, my champion boat has the same receptacle. They do the job, but I don't use mine. The main reason is the factory uses the smallest wire they can get away with.
You also have to remember that modern 24 volt trolling motors are putting out a lot more power than the ones produced years ago. Wire sizes that may have been adequate in the late 1980s are no longer adequate for today's equipment.
If it were me, I would strongly consider running a new run of wire from the battery to the front deck and using a new trolling motor plug.
If your boat is anything like mine, if you pull that panel on the front deck and look at the trolling motor wiring, I would be willing to bet it is somewhere around ten gauge. Depending on the length of the run, you should be using 6awg or 4awg.
@@TheWeekendAngler You're absolutely correct. I have 10 gauge wires. So 4 or 6 gauge wire and 24volt plug. Then I can run straight to the battery without a series or parallel jump right?
EDIT: Sorry I just checked and the wires say 06 GA
@@michaelchapman4261 right. If you're going to run new wire, go ahead and get the 4 Gage. The price difference will be negligible. You will make your jump back at the battery boxes so that your wires going to the front will be carrying 24 volt.
You will want to install a circuit breaker within 12 inches of the battery. A 60 amp breaker would probably be correct for this application. Make sure you are using good quality crimped terminals and tinned wire. Standard copper automotive wire will corrode quickly in a marine environment.
You can get everything I just mentioned for a good price from www.genuinedealz.com
That's where I buy my wires and connectors. I am not affiliated with that company in any wait, I have just received excellent service from them and they sell quality products.