Trolling motor plug in help

Can anyone point me in the direction of what to do to make this plug on this xi5 work with my boat plug/wiring.Attachment 318152Attachment 318153Attachment 318154Attachment 318155

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The bottom plug is the old 12/24 volt receptacle. The top plug is the 24 volt marnico male plug. If you got room I would change the bottom plug to the marnico female. If you don't have room the maybe move the plug. If not you will have to change the plug on the trolling motor to the old style.

Thanks. I would like to use what I have here I'm wondering if the colors will match up when I open the plugs up.

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On your existing plug you should have 2/ black grounds, 1 red should be 12 volt and 1 Orange 24 volt. This is to mate with the old style 12/24 volt motors which I don't know of one made that way today. All modern motors should just have 2 wires red and black. Straight 12 volt or straight 24 volt. Use a meter to check existing wires for power then get female plug that fits your existing plug and wire accordingly to your motor. Motor should have nothing but 2 wires coming to plug.

I have the female plug from the old motor I haven't taken it apart yet but it has four prongs. So actually two of them are only being used?

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Also my old motor was only 24 volt I have seen the ones that have the switch between 12 and 24.

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Will it take the red and orange wire together to make 24 volt or is one of them 24 volt by itself?

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You only use two wires on your plug...red is hot...black is negative...... the difference between 12 volts and 24 volts is your batterys....one battery is 12 volts.....2 batteries connected in series is 24 volts

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So I probably will not wind up using the red wire on the old plug on the boat because it will be 12 volt and the orange is mostly likely the 24 volt. Sorry for the dumb questions.

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No...
The orange wire will not be used....your boat is wired with 4 wires for the old 12/24 trolling motors.....all you need is a red wire for positive and a black for negative. If your using a 24 volt motor...hook two 12 volt batteries in series like I showed in my drawing.

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I am assuming since my old motor was 24 volt I have 24 volts at the plug in some sort of combination I shouldn't have to rewire the whole boat?

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If your old motor was a 24 volt motor, you already have 24 volts at the plug (12v red wire 24v orange like Cray said). The old style 12/24 (like on my 1991 Stratos) female plug in's were designed to work with a 12 or 24 volt trolling motor that was dictated with the male plug configuration on the end of the trolling motor and how it was wired. Take a voltage tester and test the positive orange wire and a negative black ground and you should have 24 volts there, if you have a 24 volt system already the wiring is done and the jumper for the two 12 volt batteries is already in place.

When I bought my boat it was 12/24 volt. First thing I did was to remove the orange wire and the white wire so there wouldn't be any confusion if I ever have to take it to a shop for repairs.

So I got it apart and my red wire is not ran to anything so that makes alot more sense I will get it tested out tonight.

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There are some old 12/24 motors out there that have 2 red and 2 black wires (12 VDC each) going to a switch on the foot pedal. The switch is used to select 12 or 24 VDC. Guess I'm showing my age.LOL If you google "old 12/24 trolling motor connections" you will see several variations. So you need to be very sure of what you are working with so you don't have any melt downs causing a fire.

Ok I've got it up and going with the old style plug. Just a note with an xi5 THE MOTOR HAS TO BE DEPLOYED for it to power up!!!!! Thanks for all the help everyone!

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Took it out this morning it worked like a champ and caught a bunch of nice bass and a walleye.thanks again

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