Re: Mercury Thruster Plus
Hiya folks!
I just purchased what appears to be the same exact motor (It even has that, what appears to be a weed guard bar)for $35 bucks this week. Mercury Marine Thruster- Serial # 5363371 The number was VERY hard to discern). I can find VERY little info on it but, what I do find is that on EVERY one of them the battery wire insulation has deteriorated and stripped from it. Including the one I got. I cleaned up the wires, applied vaseline for better conductivity and re-insulated them by putting them through rubber tubing, lol! I had to do some other shade tree tricks (clean the fuse contacts, etc) and last night hooked it up to a 12 volt and everything functions well. I too, am not sure if 24 volts can be used to get more thrust? I did see someones pic of the same motor for sale as a R 45 Thruster but, It has amazed me how little info I can get on this from the internet even with that info. It seems that Mercury Marine was acquired by Motorguide. The tag on mine says Mercury Marine and refers to Brunswick Corp.
I hope that maybe, you can glean some useful tidbit of info here. Perhaps, if you have anything further that you have found, you too will post it?
Or, ANYONE for that matter.
Thanks, to you all, for being here!