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36v on a 24v trolling motor #13380860 12/23/19 03:27 PM
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Not gonna lie, I have to set my pride aside and admit I do not know much about how to set up or fix my electronics on my boat. It looks like I have 36v of batteries pouring into my 24v trolling motor. I would hate to burn it out. I added pics so y’all can see what I am talking about. Does anyone know how I’d go about fixing this issue? Otherwise, I’ll have to run over to Fun-n-sun! Thanks.

Also, on the first pic, there are four batteries. The two in the middle, and one on the left and right of course. The one on the left is a little harder to see.

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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380871 12/23/19 03:37 PM
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Hard to see whats what from pictures, but I only see 1 jumper wire going from + on one battery to - on another battery. I don't see a jumper between the 2 batteries side by side. Looks to me the 2 batteries on the left side of the boat are the only two connected in series to yield 24 volts. However, I could be wrong, hard to tell from pics where the wires are going to.

Which batteries are your trolling motor leads connected to?

Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380873 12/23/19 03:40 PM
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Have you actually traced all the wires? My guess is there’s only 24 on it and the other battery is for something else.


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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380876 12/23/19 03:43 PM
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I see 4 batteries. Maybe 1 is for the electronics, 1 for the big motor, 2 for the trolling motor but that is just a guess because I can't see the wires good enough to tell what is what.


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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380881 12/23/19 03:45 PM
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Thank y’all for helping out. I’m going to go take some more pictures and add them to the post to try and get a better angle.

Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380889 12/23/19 03:53 PM
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Here is a video of the whole system set up. It’s 50 seconds.

https://youtu.be/wJMELI9U6_I

Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380898 12/23/19 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JFrankQB97
Here is a video of the whole system set up. It’s 50 seconds.

https://youtu.be/wJMELI9U6_I


Have to follow all the wires, but initial glance, the starboard or port box appears to be main battery for cranking. The port box could be isolated to electronics. I only see 24 volts in series, though there may be a parallel connection to port box. You really need to diagram it out with where the wires are going and we can help.


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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: David Burton] #13380903 12/23/19 04:08 PM
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Sounds great. I appreciate the feedback. I’ll work on that right now. Again, thanks for everyone’s help so far.

Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380913 12/23/19 04:24 PM
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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13380923 12/23/19 04:41 PM
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If you were putting 36v thru a 24v troller, I gotta believe you would have blown a fuse.

Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: bassnman] #13381209 12/23/19 11:52 PM
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The fuse may or may not have blown as fuses blow on over amperages and not voltage. Supplying 36V to a 24V trolling motor would surly fry the computer system if there is no internal voltage regulator. Chances are their are not.

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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13381236 12/24/19 12:21 AM
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Read across the wires coming to the trolling motor with a voltmeter. If it’s 36v and you want 24 just take the one battery out of the series.


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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13381322 12/24/19 02:23 AM
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I finally figured it out and got it fixed. Thanks for all the replies from y’all. I learned a lot today cheers

Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13381362 12/24/19 03:17 AM
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Re: 36v on a 24v trolling motor [Re: Jake F.] #13381603 12/24/19 02:47 PM
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I finally figured it out and got it fixed. Thanks for all the replies from y’all. I learned a lot today cheers


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