Which Minn Kota Trolling Motor Have RFI Interference ??

Have a 798 ci SI hd , Have no RFI problems with my old M/K 599 41 lb thrust , But am wanting to up grade , I have heard that the V/speed motors have lots of RFI problems If so I would rather get a 5 speed , Little help . anyone out there have problems with the 5 speed motors .

The variables are the ones that generate interference. The downside to the 5-speed is that they use full power regardless of the setting, where the variable just uses whatever it's set at.

Really ! I didn't know that , So if I set the speed on 2 or 3 the motor uses the same amount of power as on 5 ??

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Originally Posted by RiceRocket

Really ! I didn't know that , So if I set the speed on 2 or 3 the motor uses the same amount of power as on 5 ??

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Yes. The speed coil just dumps the excess power as heat into the water. Not nearly as efficient as the variables unless you run near maximum power most of the time.

Thanks CatFan , Good info to know .