Recently, my AP55PD has been having problems with power.
I thought the foot control was going out, so I ordered a new one and the TM seemed to work fine for awhile.
My original foot control had blown out onto an expressway and became toast under the weight of traffic. However, I picked the remnants up and used the TM by jumping wires after figuring out what went where to steer and power the prop.
The latest issue was that with two good foot controls, the prop would barely turn at speed 10, and not at all at the lower setting. However, by using the bare wire jumping method, I could get full power to the prop.
I called Minn Kota and spoke with a tech about it. He had never heard of anyone doing what I had done and suspected the main board in the base of the TM being bad, and that by my using the jumping method, I was bypassing the main board sending power directly to the TM. He spoke with his supervisor about it and he confirmed it.
Bottom line is that I need to spend $75 bucks to purchase a new main board. Problem solved.
On another note, I also discussed the Auto Pilot and how sometimes it wigs out by all of a sudden turning on it's own without stopping unless I turn it off, or hit the steering on the foot control.
He told me that normally, it's a sign of low voltage. That made sense to me as the AP usually worked fine in the mornings, and would only do it after I had worked it for 3 hours or more.
Thought anyone who owns a Minn Kota could use the info.
