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01.05.2021 0:03:15
Cut a strip of dual-core AWG 18 gauge wire using a knife. The length of the wire strip depends on the distance you need between the 12 volt power supply and the 24 volt DC motor.
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Cut a strip of dual-core AWG 18 gauge wire using a knife. The length of the wire strip depends on the distance you need between the 12 volt power supply and the 24 volt DC motor.
Attach the opposite end of the red wire from the 24 volt DC motor onto the positive terminal of the power source labeled “Pos” or “+.” Use a strip of insulating tape to hold it on the terminal, if the power source doesn’t have screw connectors, or if it does, loosen the screw and insert the wire under screw and tighten it.
Locate the two terminals on the 24 volt DC motor. One is labeled “+” for positive and the other “-” for negative. Loosen the two screws on the terminals using a screwdriver. here
It would be like half power all the time, SS. Not a good idea.
Re: Can you run a 24V motor on 12V battery?
Get another battery or another troller.
If you already have only 12 DC you could just add an extra 12 Vdc battery and connect in to the existing battery with the negative of the new batter connected to the positive of the current battery and connect the trolling motor to the positive of the new battery and the negative of the trolling motor to the negative of the existing battery. more
I want to go electric as a supplement to oar-power, and to allow SMWBO to be a bit more self sufficient. We'll keep a 2-stroke o/b for longer/faster trips.
At the moment we cruise with a little Redcrest, and hardly ever go above idle on the 2-stroke because all it does it get you wet, unless it's flat calm. So I know that a pretty small 12v trolling motor would be fine for that.
However, I am planning to replace the Avon with a nesting hard dinghy which will be able to take significantly more power. And the extra cost and weight of the bigger 24v trolling motors is not that much.
It does depend on the type of 12 V dc motor but most will without going boon.
The new battery does not need to be ad big as the existing and if you have an isolated battery charger you could use that to charge the new battery separately from the existing.
I would not even think of doing it because if you drop your volts to half then you increase twice your amps which will burn out your motor in a very short time. TRUST ME if it is a 24 volt then stay with same. more
If it's one 12 volt battery then the amps aren't going to increase at all. The amps are the same with two 12 volt batteries as it is with one when run in series. The amps only increase if you run two 12 volt batteries in parallel which gives you a 12 volt output with twice the amperage. Now whether the 12 volt battery will even run the 24 volt trolling motor at all is the question.