Reply With QuoteThe contacts need to be rated for 24V or more. More important is that you have wire from the batteries to the front of the boat that could handle the current. Make sure it's 6 gauge or bigger.
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If I'm installing a 24V TM, and it calls for a 60amp breaker...
Do I get one that's 12V or 24V or does it matter? Is it ok to use a 24V one? I have one of those. Well, it's 24V and 50 amps, not 60 amps.
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The contacts need to be rated for 24V or more. More important is that you have wire from the batteries to the front of the boat that could handle the current. Make sure it's 6 gauge or bigger.
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What size of TM pulls 60 amps? That's alot TM there. Just like to know the size of the TM?Originally Posted by sac-a-lait
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The 50 amp will work just fine.
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Probably none of them during normal use. But you have to take into consideration surge and stall current. You don't want the fuse or breaker popping every time you step on the go button or get into some weeds.
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it's a new powerdrive V2/us2, 70lbs 24V...This is what the tag says on the motor. Not something I came up with.
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I have the same rig. I use a 60 amp maxi fuse and a maxi fuse holder.
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Didn't say it was something you come up with! But I've been in the Industrial electrical trade for 28 years, and 60 amp circuit is going to be some where around 5.0hp?? That's a lot of TM!
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Fuses protect the wiring, not the motor. The fuse hasta be larger than the locked rotor current or the inrush motor start current. If you have electronic speed control, this circuit can source enough current to the motor briefly without self destructing.
This is what the fuse is about. I know these things.
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