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Put my new battery on the boat and made sure all was charged. Terova still underpowered big time. Is it posible to burn up a 36v motor by running it off 24v? My luck, yes. Had the cruise set on 1.8 mph and noticed it was wide open in 10th gear the day I realized something was wrong. No telling how long I ran it that way.
I seriousy hope its not my tm. Guess my next step is to unwedge and unhook all 3 and let walmart put a load on them. Got a bad feeling it's not a battery problem
I can not help on this but got my fingers crossed its not your TM.
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Originally Posted by big h trucking
You don't have to take them out to test them. Just unhook the wires, and test away. If they're good, just hook back the wires. I didn't know a 36v TM would run on 24. I've never tried it. Good Luck!!!
Big River Marine
Bill Burnett
870-635-0202
We offer Xpress, Excel, and Alweld Boats. Yamaha, Suzuki, Evinrude, and Tohatsu/Nissan Engines.
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Member, Tri-State Crappie Anglers
Bet its batts or connection, should be a fail safe in the Terrova to protect it from this.
WB lets some of us lower grade answer in his stead when he's trying to make a living,
Do u have a muloneter? If so, have u measured the voltage at the TM connection?
36 will run on 24v, but it creates excessive heat and it ain't good for it. Test voltage at plug where u connect tm. If u getting 36 or ther abouts, check voltage on each tm and report numbers.
Havent checked for 36v yet, but I know that it can read 36 without a load but still have a problem. Have to remove the batteries because no real access to the posts.
DD, can I borrow your multimeter?
Does the trolling motor run now? Whats it doing? Do you have it wired properly....all three batterys in series?
Attachment 96819This shows how to wire your batteries.....for 36 volts just add the third battery and wire as the series chart shows.
Yeah it's correct. I only pulled this one battery and reconnected the new one. Tm will barely turn the prop
I WAS TOLD ONE TIME RUNNING ANY LECTRIC MOTOR LOW WAS AS BAD AS RUNNING IT WITH TO MUCH . I HOPE IT DIDN'T MESS WITH YOUR MOTOR .:dono
Check your other battery connections to be sure that they are clean and tight. If you have wing nuts...throw them away and replace with stainless steel nuts that you can tighten with a socket wrench or a wrench.
Hate to say it,that motor has been questionable since you got it.
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It's done some other quirky things, but I've never had any problems pointing in a direction and rollin on. Sure can't afford a new oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Big C
Talk to MinnKota if you think its the motor.....they should fix it or replace it.
Es call me
Just like anything else that is electrical not enough juice is just as bad as having too much juice when it comes to electric motors.
On each battery you meant?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wannabe...
Big River Marine
Bill Burnett
870-635-0202
We offer Xpress, Excel, and Alweld Boats. Yamaha, Suzuki, Evinrude, and Tohatsu/Nissan Engines.
Southern Pro Tackle Pro Staff
Member, Tri-State Crappie Anglers
We recetly changed out our 3 tm batts on our Terrova and one batt was not hooked back up correctly and tm wasn't getting much juice at all. Shorty had to fix it out on the water while I listened to his long list of 4 letter words...LOL. Also if you only changed out that one batt...there could be a problem with one of the others causing new batt to go bad.
All I can say ES is that I hope the best for you, You will figure it out. Wheres Gator, hes the electrician
Es take advice slabin gave me to give you. Its worth 20mins of time to check. If it is the problem Thanks Slabin he gave me the info to relay to ya
Mine did this in the spring, I had one new battery and one older battery that got a short in it. I replaced the older one. So next time I went fishing the motor did what your's is doing. Will barely turn the prop and steering was erratic. The bad battery ruined the new battery. Made a believer out of me for replacing all at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by EmptyStringer
Yep, this is what I am betting on.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEX
I wasn't going to say it.....but........Well, you know the drill on replacing batteries.
Replacing 3 batteries at one lick can be tough.
Thats why I'm glad my TM is 24 volt, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Big C
I thought ES was used to be a check cashing electrician? G you already told him what to do when this first started. At least pull all and have tested.