Skeeterbait
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- Feb 13, 2012
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A friend recently purchased an old aluminum bass boat, and asked me over to look it over. Decent looking boat but what caught my eye was the 110 volt exterior AC outlet used to power the trolling motor. The troller itself is a much newer motorguide 12 volt 5 speed 54lb thrust model. I checked behind the panel and the wire running to the 110 volt outlet is no bigger than 10 AWG. So we traced it back to the battery and made a rough measurement of around 18 feet of wire. There is a butt splice in the wire about two feet from the battery and no fuse/breaker to be found! 
I figure there was an inline fuse at some point and the newer motor kept blowing them so the previous owner just bypassed it!
So anyway we plan to rewire the troller. I am guessing this motor could pull 50-55 amps continuous on high and a bit more on startup. We're planning 6 AWG wire, a locking plug and receptacle, and a 70 amp breaker. That sound about right to y'all?
I figure there was an inline fuse at some point and the newer motor kept blowing them so the previous owner just bypassed it!So anyway we plan to rewire the troller. I am guessing this motor could pull 50-55 amps continuous on high and a bit more on startup. We're planning 6 AWG wire, a locking plug and receptacle, and a 70 amp breaker. That sound about right to y'all?
