Thread: 24 volt TM question

What size wire are you using and how far is between the batteries and the TM? The breakers need to be matched to the wire and connected as close to the + side of the batteries as possible. Also I'm assuming this is a new TM and not a 12/24.

The wire from the battery to the plug is good size. I have not looked close but it appears to be 8 gauge or larger. The wire from the plug to the TM is 10 gauge. The TM is a new Riptide ST 80# thrust 24 volt motor. There is about 6-8 feet of wire between the batteries and the plug and about 6 feet of wire from plug to TM.

I'm thinking hard about just putting the 50 amp breaker on the TM side of the plug and not hard mounting the breaker so I can remove the TM when I want. It is not the optimum solution but I rarely run a TM up to 6 or 7 on a scale of 10 for thrust. I hesitate to put a breaker on each battery since I do not know if the batteries will share the load equally and one of the breakers may trip sooner than intended.

I was starting the battery install and noticed the wire is 6 gauge and there is already a small automatically resettable 40 amp breaker on the positive terminal for each battery so my issue is solved for now.

I am really curious as to what they are using to get 24V. I've seen 12/24 switches that do that but not just a "box". It would be easy to make one but why?

It is just a jumper from ground on one battery to the positive lead on the other battery in the male part of the plug as far as I can tell. It is a Marinco 12/24 volt plug.

I got everything wired this evening and it works ok. I don't have a clip on amp meter so I can't determine the current draw when I get the boat in the water.