12/24 trolling motor

[gospelcanada]

I have a 1800 ProV 1996 Crestliner fishing boat. I recently purchased this boat. I'm new to the fishing boat world and I'm trying to figure out the wiring for the trolling motor and accessories. This is what I seem to have:

1 red positive cable and 1 negative cable hooked up to the starter battery. (Runs fines)
1 red and 1 black cable hooked up to a deep cycle battery which appears to run my accessories (boat anchor, fish finder, etc.). This runs fine.
1 orange wire and 1 black wire not hooked up to any deep cycle battery or anything for that matter

My accessories only run when I have the 12/24 switch turned on located on the switch panel at the bow (I have three options on the switch panel: Charge, 12V, 12/24v

I'm not sure how to hook it up so I can use the 12v switch and charge switch.

Any assistance would be great. I also have two live wells each having it's own aerator but they don't seem to work and I'm wondering if there's a connection to all of this.

 

[glenn property of pam]

Re: 12/24 trolling motor

sorry its taken 3 days to reply I normally look for un-answered posts and welcome to the forum

Ok the Charge, 12V, 12/24v realy means

charge/run= 2 batterys linked in parallel to trolling plug
12= one battery linked to trolling plug using 2 pins (we will call them A and B with A being negative)
12/24= one battery linked to trolling plug A and B and 2 battery's linked in series using pins A and C
you select 12 or 24 volts on the foot peddle switch.

old fashion way to charge the trolling battery was to make a connector that went on the end of a battery charger and plugged into the trolling motor socket then with the switch on charge it would charge the batteries using the wiring for the trolling motor.

So do you have a 12/24v trolling motor?
do you want to make a charger to use the trolling motor plug or is it easier to just charge the battery with a standard car charger?
The orange lead has got tape or something over the end so it can not short out?
there is a breaker with in 6" of the battery for the trolling motor (or fuse)?

someone may have wired the boat up wrong if the accessories only run when you have the 12/24 switch turned on. But as a boat that has 2 sets of switch's I can see that it may be factory

The aerators are a separate problem

 

[gospelcanada]

Re: 12/24 trolling motor

sorry its taken 3 days to reply I normally look for un-answered posts and welcome to the forum

Ok the Charge, 12V, 12/24v realy means

charge/run= 2 batterys linked in parallel to trolling plug
12= one battery linked to trolling plug using 2 pins (we will call them A and B with A being negative)
12/24= one battery linked to trolling plug A and B and 2 battery's linked in series using pins A and C
you select 12 or 24 volts on the foot peddle switch.

old fashion way to charge the trolling battery was to make a connector that went on the end of a battery charger and plugged into the trolling motor socket then with the switch on charge it would charge the batteries using the wiring for the trolling motor.

So do you have a 12/24v trolling motor?
do you want to make a charger to use the trolling motor plug or is it easier to just charge the battery with a standard car charger?
The orange lead has got tape or something over the end so it can not short out?
there is a breaker with in 6" of the battery for the trolling motor (or fuse)?

someone may have wired the boat up wrong if the accessories only run when you have the 12/24 switch turned on. But as a boat that has 2 sets of switch's I can see that it may be factory

The aerators are a separate problem

Thanks for the reply. I took the electrical tape of the wires and I noticed the orange wire has no responsibilites when plugging in the trolling motor. It's not attached to anything. I've added a picture. The orange wire leads to the stern of the boat which again is connected to nothing though It appears I'm able to stick in a 50a inline fuse and add a ring terminal connector which would then attach to another deep cycle battery. I confirmed with Minnkota that the trolling motor I have is 12v (it's a 42lbs thrust all terrain turbo minnkota trolling motor).

I have recently charged the trolling motor deep cycle battery using a car charger to full capacity. I hooked it up in the boat and my battery gauge shows 100% now.

It appears I don't have aerators and I was mixing them up with the overflow drain in the livewell.

Thanks.