going from old 12/24 to new straight 24 volt

[kthomas65]

hey guys i have a 1987 johnson 12/24. and i bought a new minn kota straight 24 voit what would i need to do to make the boat a straight 24 volt

 

[Oldman]

you should have three wires coming from the back,two of them should have 12 volts on them and the other one should be your ground.just put both the ones with 12 volts together and the ground on ground.i believe minn-kota uses one red and one black on their 24 volts system.any way both wires that have 12 volts go to the red one and the other one should be the ground.just let us know what color the two wires coming off the tm are.

 

[rodbuilder2]

your old plug should already wired for 24 volts inside the male part their should be a jumper wire when you take it apart you will see where to put the new trolling motor wires hope this helps

 

[BassVol]

rodbuilder2 - 4/3/2011 8:48 PM

your old plug should already wired for 24 volts inside the male part their should be a jumper wire when you take it apart you will see where to put the new trolling motor wires hope this helps

Exactly. I just did this myself about a month ago. Just make sure your plug has a built in jumper,

 

[kthomas65]

its got a jumper on the back side of plugin but not the male part of the plugin

 

[AreTheyBiting]

The female plug in the bow panel has 3 terminals, ground, 12 volt, and 24 volt.
when you put the male plug on the new trolling motor wire
connect the grounds up and take the feed from the 24 volt termonal
its really very simple

 

[Silverfish]

easy to do, hard to explain....

 

[kthomas65]

got trolling motor fixed. thanks guys

 

[Liveliner]

The TM is not a problem --- How are you connecting your batteries. You can use two wires at the TM plug if you use a jumper on your Batteries. Black #6 minimum wire from the + post of battery 1, White #6 Minimum wire from - post on battery 2. A #6 jumper wire from the - post of battery 1 to the + post of battery 2. You should definitely install an inline 50 amp fuse in your Positive line between battery 1 and the TM. This gives to you a 24 volt loop. Another good thing to add is a control switch. You may use the pigtail plugs and unplug it as you desire, or with a control switch you may wire your TM direct and eliminate all those extra wires hanging at the front of your boat.