Thanks Charles....manual start 25hp mercury...so no worries about the
motor starting, just want to run my lights and locators without adding
a third batery!

On May 22, 9:25 am, "Charles Summers" wrote:
Sure... just use battery number two as your third battery to run lights etc
from.

Now that I've answered your question... there's nothing wrong with what you
are wanting to do, except that if you completely drain your trolling
batteries you will have a hard time starting your motor.

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Maybe this is a simple question, but i need help. Setting up a new
boat and i have wired in a 24 volt system for my trolling motor.
Positive of battery #1 goes to positive on TM, Negative on #2 goes to
Neg. on TM, jumper between #1 negative and # positive. Here is my
question: i do not want a third battery on board, so is there a way i
can run my locators and lights from the current battery(s)?

Any help would be appreciated!~

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