Trolling Motor Problem

I replaced my 41 lb. thrust 12/ 24 v johnson trolling motor with a new
Minn Kota A T 65 24 volt 65 lb. thrust. It runs fine on low speed, but
when I turn it up to max it blows the short stop circuit. the breaker is
a 40 amp. do I need to go to a bigger amp or is something wired wrong?

You need thicker wiring from the battery to the TM. A 65 lb should have #6
wiring Pos. and Neg.


"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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I replaced my 41 lb. thrust 12/ 24 v johnson trolling motor with a new
Minn Kota A T 65 24 volt 65 lb. thrust. It runs fine on low speed, but
when I turn it up to max it blows the short stop circuit. the breaker is
a 40 amp. do I need to go to a bigger amp or is something wired wrong?

"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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I replaced my 41 lb. thrust 12/ 24 v johnson trolling motor with a new
Minn Kota A T 65 24 volt 65 lb. thrust. It runs fine on low speed, but
when I turn it up to max it blows the short stop circuit. the breaker is
a 40 amp. do I need to go to a bigger amp or is something wired wrong?

Yep, you need heavier wiring. When you turn the speed up, the heavier draw
is overheating the wires and blowing the circuit breaker. Replace it with #
6 wiring.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

It'll have a tendency to wear the battery down quicker.


"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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am I at any danger to my TM if I only run it at low speed? I sure dont
feel like running new wire right now, but if I need to I'll take it in
and have it done.

Jerry how hard is it to run new wire? I have a 1997 Javelin 400TE.

I used what's called a fishing tape, such as an electrician uses to run wire
thru walls. I ran the tape alongside the existing wiring from the back to
the front, hooked my new wiring and pulled it through. Once I attached the
new wire to the tape I used electrical black tape to tape over the end so
that the fish tape wouldn't hang up on anything while I was pulling it. I
had the same problems as you're having and the change cured my problem. My
existing wire was #10 for a 35lb TM and I changed to a 54lb.TM. Every time I
hit med to fast speed it would run for about 5-10 mins. and then kick out a
50 amp. breaker, plus my batteries were dead every night after I used it.
After changing over to #6 wire I can run for days on one charge and also
faster than what I was getting on the #10 wire.


"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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Jerry how hard is it to run new wire? I have a 1997 Javelin 400TE.

Also, double the new wire so that you only have to do one pull through.

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"Jerry Barton" wrote in message
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I used what's called a fishing tape, such as an electrician uses to run
wire thru walls. I ran the tape alongside the existing wiring from the back
to the front, hooked my new wiring and pulled it through. Once I attached
the new wire to the tape I used electrical black tape to tape over the end
so that the fish tape wouldn't hang up on anything while I was pulling it.
I had the same problems as you're having and the change cured my problem.
My existing wire was #10 for a 35lb TM and I changed to a 54lb.TM. Every
time I hit med to fast speed it would run for about 5-10 mins. and then
kick out a 50 amp. breaker, plus my batteries were dead every night after I
used it. After changing over to #6 wire I can run for days on one charge
and also faster than what I was getting on the #10 wire.


"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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Jerry how hard is it to run new wire? I have a 1997 Javelin 400TE.

I thought of doing it that way myself and then I got worried that if it got
hung up on something I'd end up with no wiring to the TM at all.


"Henry Hefner" wrote in message
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Jerry Barton wrote:
I used what's called a fishing tape, such as an electrician uses to run
wire
thru walls. I ran the tape alongside the existing wiring from the back to
the front, hooked my new wiring and pulled it through. Once I attached
the
new wire to the tape I used electrical black tape to tape over the end so
that the fish tape wouldn't hang up on anything while I was pulling it.
I
had the same problems as you're having and the change cured my problem.
My
existing wire was #10 for a 35lb TM and I changed to a 54lb.TM. Every
time I
hit med to fast speed it would run for about 5-10 mins. and then kick out
a
50 amp. breaker, plus my batteries were dead every night after I used it.
After changing over to #6 wire I can run for days on one charge and also
faster than what I was getting on the #10 wire.


"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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Jerry how hard is it to run new wire? I have a 1997 Javelin 400TE.


Jerry, couldn't he just tie the new wire to the old wire, and use the
old wire to pull the new into place? Maybe save the cost of a new fish
tape?

Jerry Barton wrote:

I thought of doing it that way myself and then I got worried that if it got
hung up on something I'd end up with no wiring to the TM at all.


I'd tie the two new ones to "one" of the old ones,, you want to bend the
wire so that nothing protruding is faced forward, then wrap a good layer
of tape around the splice, so that you have a smooth surface to drag
through things. If you run into a snag, you have another shot at it
with the other old wire. If you do hit a snag, have someone pull the new
wire back a bit,, bounce back and forth until you jump the snag

I would also make sure that the old wire will actually pull (you see the
other end of the wire move easily when you pull an end, this tells you
the wire is not attached, or tied down anywhere unseen)

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Mojo SpecTastic "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread,
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, and the EZKnot
http://www.ezknot.com

Jerry I was looking at my wires and they are 6 ga. could I have a bad
breaker or could it be too small, it's a 30 amp.