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I have an 82 pound Motor Guide Great White bow mount and also a 70 pound Minn Kota transom mount for the back of the boat. I have two Group 24 North Star deep cycle marine batteries, with separate 6-gauge wiring to each trolling motor.
The North Star batteries are one year old; the wiring is 10 years old and in good condition.
Everything has worked fine with trolling motor power until a few trips ago. The trolling motor starts out strong but loses power rapidly after a couple of hours of intermittent use. It happens with either of the two trolling motors.
When I got home today I checked each battery separately. Each battery was reading 12.6 V and 90% charge. I keep the trolling motor batteries always on charge using a Pro Mariner onboard charger.
Neither of the wiring breakers were popped.
Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone have any ideas of what could be causing these problems?
Thanks very much,
John
I have an 82 pound Motor Guide Great White bow mount and also a 70 pound Minn Kota transom mount for the back of the boat. I have two Group 24 North Star deep cycle marine batteries, with separate 6-gauge wiring to each trolling motor.
The North Star batteries are one year old; the wiring is 10 years old and in good condition.
Everything has worked fine with trolling motor power until a few trips ago. The trolling motor starts out strong but loses power rapidly after a couple of hours of intermittent use. It happens with either of the two trolling motors.
When I got home today I checked each battery separately. Each battery was reading 12.6 V and 90% charge. I keep the trolling motor batteries always on charge using a Pro Mariner onboard charger.
Neither of the wiring breakers were popped.
Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone have any ideas of what could be causing these problems?
Thanks very much,
John