Trolling Motor Wire with Fuse...

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I have a Minn Kota Traxxis 55 trolling motor and need to install a fuse or breaker near the battery. I have a Tracker Grizzly 1754 jon boat and will have the battery in the stern while the trolling motor will be on the bow. I hope the 6 gauge wire will be sufficient, I'm not sure how the proper gauge should be determined. Not a whole lot of TM plug choices when using 6 gauge. I would like to see how you on the forum set yours up.

I also am confused on why some of the bow/stern lights are offered in either 2 or 3 pin. Is one for grounding? If so, how would you ground it on an aluminum boat? Any insight would be appreciated.

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["G"]

Don't ground anything to your boat.....all grounds should run back to the battery. Grounding to a alumininum boat will set up an electrolisis and will damage your hull over time.

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.....all grounds should run back to the battery...

With the three wires coming out of the stern/bow lights, RED is positive, BLACK is negative, while the OTHER is a ground that is connected to the negative side of the battery along with the BLACK wire? Is this correct?

I'm still confused on why the need for the third wire if they both will be hooked together on the negative side.

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[CatFan]

I'd go with an auto-resetting breaker at the battery. 6 gauge will be good. There are adapter terminals to reduce wire size at the plug.

TM wire sizing is odd compared to normal electrical work. The TM really doesn't need very big wire, but because of the nature of the motor you need a large breaker or fuse to avoid nuisance tripping. To use the larger breaker, you need the larger wire.


Some 3-pin fixtures have a courtesy light on the back, like this one , or you also have mast/anchor lights with other lights on them.