Trolling Motor Stopping On Its Own

[amateurfishing]

k, here is the deal, bought used copilot in early spring, used a lot memorial day weekend on mille lacs with absolutely no issues

I have 2 trolling motor batteries, one is bout 3 years old, other brand new. 4 or 5 times out on lake this weekend the trolling motor just completely turned itself off, both batteries completely charged and holding charges. I have each battery hooked up with fuses and that battery male/female quick connector thingie with male wires on trolling motor. I have checked my connections to battery and all are more than hand tight with nothing loose. is this a clear sign of a trolling motor issue? I will check remote battery but put brand new in this spring and am not using it when the motor just turns off/breaks connection? and it will work for 30 seconds to a minute b4 turning off/stop working

curious for solution, thx for any info

[amateurfishing]

What size wires are you running up to the TM and what are you using for a plug? If things are undersized and/or corroded resistance in the system could be causing things to heat up and shut off. Same goes for line around the prop shaft.

When the motor is out of the water, can you spin the prop easily or is there some resistance or lots of resistance?

prop spins freely out of water

[liebs]

I had a similar problem this past weekend. Trolling motor would just stop working while trolling. A little while later, it would work again. The breaker never tripped. Changed battery in remote, put in new fully charged deep cycle and nothing. Finally on Sunday morning as I sat in the bow drifting with the stiff breeze, I reached down and checked the wires going into the receptacle part of my plug. The red wire was barely in the plug. Fixed that and the motor is working fine now. Kinda wished I would have checked that on Friday.

[amateurfishing]

got boat out for first time this afternoon with son for some testing for hopefully a fun fishing weekend for him. attempted some trolling, after bout 1 minute the motor just stopped. I hit the side (thinking connection), pushed battery indicator button, then an autopilot button? and gave up just left it alone. bout a minute later it starts up on its own and no problem rest of day, could it be an auto/ipilot button issue?

[amateurfishing]

could this have been/be the issue?

was on mille lacs yesterday & every 5 minutes on/off then on/off all over again constantly

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[amateurfishing]

well I did give the thorough once over after continued issues on mille lacs yesterday and discovered plenty of braid behind prop and one loose connection on battery. will head back out in am and see if this resolves all issues or not

thx so much for all the info, help, and input, always greatly appreciated.

[Kyhl]

After seeing all that line on there, I'd be concerned about the seal.

And wow, that looks like half a spool of 10lb-ish 832.

[Ufatz]

OMG!! Get that line OFF there and pray that you still have a good seal. Otherwise you are done fishing until you can get a new seal.

Folks have to learn to NOT toss any odd pieces of line over the side. Anywhere. It can just ruin another guys day.

And if you get your line in the prop, on either motor, be sure to check carefully to see if you have got it ALL off.

[amateurfishing]

how would I know if I have a seal issue? thx

& that is all my own suffix 832 braid, I've learned a lot this year

[Hoey]

On the seal issue, will the motor run while out of the water?

[amateurfishing]

On the seal issue, will the motor run while out of the water?

YES

[Hoey]

so then if the motor does not run while in the water or quits while in the water, you most likely have a seal issue. Water gets inside and creates of "soft" short. - Soft, I just made that up.

[amateurfishing]

so then if the motor does not run while in the water or quits while in the water, you most likely have a seal issue. Water gets inside and creates of "soft" short. - Soft, I just made that up.

possibly, I will check that if I still have issues when on the water, I have not been out yet since I took all the braid line off and found/fixed a loose connection