OK...i have a 16 ft fiberglass fish / ski boat.
I also have a motorguide 30lb thrust 12volt foot controlled trolling motor laying around that I would like to hook up.
Ok...currently my boat only has one battery, but obviously in the past its had 2 because there are wires in another area for one.
First question...will a 30lb thrust work for this boat? i know it may be slow at trolling but its better than nothing right? Also, on the foot board it looks like there are just two bare wires for hook up....a negative and positive?? how do I need to do those?
At the front of the boat i have a little switch board that has a few switches on it..if i remember right, one says "charge and run"....the other says like bat 1 / 2....also have a tilt switch (that works)..and I also have some sort of weird prong plug in that I guess is for a trolling motor?
Can someone tell me what i need? I guess I need some kind of adapter to use the hook up in front...an adapter for the bare wires right? now...the plug recepticle would I guess run to the back of the boat somewhere?
Also...the charge run switch...what does that do? Since I only have one battery for the motor....(livewell pump is on it..as well as depth finder)
does the motor charge the battery itself when ran?
I just need help figuring this all out.
I also have a motorguide 30lb thrust 12volt foot controlled trolling motor laying around that I would like to hook up.
Ok...currently my boat only has one battery, but obviously in the past its had 2 because there are wires in another area for one.
First question...will a 30lb thrust work for this boat? i know it may be slow at trolling but its better than nothing right? Also, on the foot board it looks like there are just two bare wires for hook up....a negative and positive?? how do I need to do those?
At the front of the boat i have a little switch board that has a few switches on it..if i remember right, one says "charge and run"....the other says like bat 1 / 2....also have a tilt switch (that works)..and I also have some sort of weird prong plug in that I guess is for a trolling motor?
Can someone tell me what i need? I guess I need some kind of adapter to use the hook up in front...an adapter for the bare wires right? now...the plug recepticle would I guess run to the back of the boat somewhere?
Also...the charge run switch...what does that do? Since I only have one battery for the motor....(livewell pump is on it..as well as depth finder)
does the motor charge the battery itself when ran?
I just need help figuring this all out.