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Posted: 10/14/2009 at 6:21am | IP Logged  

Finally bought a pair of 6-volt golf cart batteries.  Wow, they are really heavy batteries.

Going to mount them on the rear of the boat, on the platform I just added.  Will be right next to the motor on both sides.



I'll have to have them at a slight angle for motor clearance.

QUESTIONS:

I'll be running the trolling motor off these batteries, and the run from the batteries will be a little over 25 feet.  I have the Minn Kota Power Drive 2 with CoPilot, not sure of the current demand, so my 1st question is what size wire to run, the 2nd question is how to connect to the trolling motor wiring (do I try to use a quick connect?), and the 3rd is concerning protection.  I have a circuit breaker for the trolling motor, is that sufficient? 

I will be running the other accessories off these batteries as well, but will home run everything.  I want to install a battery switch, and optionally be able to charge the batteries when the motor is running.  Any advice on this is welcome.

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Pritch, look at the wiring setup I did with my battery switch, VSR and buss's, http://www.pontoonstuff.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3724. I think it'll help with your wiring idea. My trolling motor is running a 10ga wire from the front to the console and although I do have a battery specifically for the trolling motor there (on a separate charger), I could have just as easily attached it to the positive and ground buss bars there to get its juice from the rear accessory battery. I ran an 8ga from the rear accessory battery (could have done it from the rear buss bar's) to the console buss bar's, total of 15ft. That way you wouldn't have to increase (which was impossilbe in my case) the wire size from the trolling motor to the battery as I stayed with the max 10ga that was already on the trolling motor. I assume you already know how to wire the 2 6volt batterise to get 12volts, but I'll post the pic for others considering something like this.

This is the system I put on my boat, the switch and VSR are both small and compact, easy to mount out of the way or wherever you want it. http://www.ezacdc.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=109



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Thanks, WCD.  I just ordered the components of that system, the ACR is just the ticket.  I like the idea of putting a buss at the console location, sort of centralized.  Your post cleared up my questions, thanks again.

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