1989 Johnson 15hp electric rigging

[Patate]

This motor is "converted" to electric start but does not charge the battery, i'm Ok with that.
But I remove and put the motor on boat every week, and the electric rigging is all the time bothering me, is there a way to put a kind of quick connector near the motor to plug and unplug the wire, I know the wire is a 8 gauge, not to big for starting a motor.

Thank's for suggestions

 

[fireman57]

Re: 1989 Johnson 15hp electric rigging

You should be able to buy a plug that you can splice one end onto the engine wiring harness and splice the other end onto the control side. That way all you have to do is plug it in when it on the boat and unplug it to remove it from the boat.

 

[Patate]

Re: 1989 Johnson 15hp electric rigging

Thank's, do you think I can use a trailer electric plug type ?

Or may be the kind of plug on electric motors like MinnKota ?

 

[fireman57]

Re: 1989 Johnson 15hp electric rigging

Anything that will work and has the right gauge wire will do. Just make sure that you keep everything color coded in and out of the plug with the rest of your engine.