Trolling Motor Problem

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?