Thread: Do most of you have a "circuit breaker" inline with your

Mine has the smaller in size 50 amp auto reset versions. One on each battery, as I was advised by a dealer in SC when I was killing time one day. Do I need to change these out?

Originally Posted by Puck99

If you upgrade to a 50 or 60 amp circuit breaker or fuse is it not idea to check your wires to? If you put a 60 amp fuse or breaker and the wire is only rated for 40 amp wont the wiring get hot enough or potentially get hot enough to cause problems? I know when I checked into it for my terrova I had to upgrade wiring to or at least it was explained to me that way.

Yes, you must take both the trolling motor requirements and the wire's capability into consideration. If you ran 6 gauge wire with a 60 amp breaker you could run about any trolling motor you wanted to safely. However, lets say you put a 55lb thrust motor on. Max amp draw for one of them is about 42 amps. In that case I would use a 50 amp breaker. This way if the motor ever picked up a wad of fishing line amp draw will go up at when it reaches 50 amps the breaker will pop a lot sooner than with the 60 amp breaker. You just might save a trolling motor that way. I hope I explained that right.