Just curious if anyone has had multiple electrical problems with this piece of equipment? It was in the shop at the end of both fishing seasons the past two years. I have had the "mother board" in the head replaced. I also had fried the power cable in it as well. This summer it has been out of warranty and I have had to replace a bad splice in the negative cable in the head of it. Now that I replaced that there is circuitry under the batter guage where there is another splice point that just fried on me. The motor will not work at all now. I'm not sure if I have had a bad motor that was pulling too many amps to cause this problem or what. Minnkota has told me to ship the motor to them with receipts of the warranty work. I'm just wondering when it comes down to it should I just buy a different model? I am looking at a 24 volt terova, but I can't really find any info on this motor. Some response from you guys on this matter would mean alot. Thanks.....
Chamois passed away this weekend a couple days short of her 13th bday.
What a great dog to hang out with here at home and on distant adventures.
Gonna miss ya big time my little big girl.
If you really want to treat your wife (and yourself) with a remote operated trolling motor, the Minn Kota Ulterra is about easy as it gets. Auto stow and deploy is pretty awesome. You just have to turn the motor on when you go out and that the last time you have to touch it.
24V 80lb. 60 inch shaft is probably the right length for your boat. They ain’t cheap - about $3k - but neither one of you would have to leave your seat to use it all day.
Wanderer, thanks for your reply. I do intend for it to be 24 volt, with a thrust of 70-80. Spot lock is a must (my wife is looking forward to
not being the anchor person any more). With my old boat we did quite a lot of pulling shad raps and hot n tots, using the trolling motor. Unlikely
that we will fish in whitecaps, did plenty of that when I was younger. I also need a wireless remote, not going back to a foot pedal. We do a fair amount of bobber fishing.
I don't think I will bother with a depth finder on the trolling motor. I am leaning toward moving my Garmin depth finder from my old boat to the
new one, just because I am so used to it and it works well for me. I am 70 years old and kinda set in my ways...
Dang, new content and now answers.
First, congrats on the new boat!
My recommendation is to get the most thrust you can in 24V, assuming a boat that size isn’t running 36V. 80 might be tops? I’m partial to MinnKota.
How do you plan to use the trolling motor is an important question too.
All weather or just nice weather?
Casting a lot or bait dragging?
Bobber or panfish fishing?
Spot lock? Networked with depth finders? What brand of depth finders?
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Just curious if anyone has had multiple electrical problems with this piece of equipment? It was in the shop at the end of both fishing seasons the past two years. I have had the "mother board" in the head replaced. I also had fried the power cable in it as well. This summer it has been out of warranty and I have had to replace a bad splice in the negative cable in the head of it. Now that I replaced that there is circuitry under the batter guage where there is another splice point that just fried on me. The motor will not work at all now. I'm not sure if I have had a bad motor that was pulling too many amps to cause this problem or what. Minnkota has told me to ship the motor to them with receipts of the warranty work. I'm just wondering when it comes down to it should I just buy a different model? I am looking at a 24 volt terova, but I can't really find any info on this motor. Some response from you guys on this matter would mean alot. Thanks.....
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