When you cut your wires and before you soilder and shrink tube them back together you can slide a length of plastic tubing over the wires long enough to cover from the foot of your trolling motor up past your mounting bracket on the boat. This will keep your wires from getting cut as easy. I use the plastic water line that hooks up your icemaker on your fridge it is the right size and it is very tough. I cut three transducer wires before I figured this one out and since I've cut none in four years. Good luck