


These plugs can hold multiple wires, allowing a user to attach more than one battery up to 3 batteries at a time. Universal Design – Another type of division of power is universal design.Make sure that they aren’t capable of attaching multiple batteries. It can be used for light voltage batteries, further preventing heating issues. Single Voltage Design – Using a single voltage design means it will support a 12V trolling motor battery.
#Manico 3 prong trolling motor plug plus#
This further tends to be easy maintenance with no complicated wiring.īased on the power division, we can broadly categorize the motor plus into two categories:

You can accomplish the same thing without butchering the system but I need to know what you really have up there and pictures are worth a thousand words.A suitable trolling motor plug can prove to have various advantages. A trolling motor plug works like any other electrical plug. So you see, one way you butcher the system and the next guy to own the boat has to figure out why the system was messed with. Then up front you would disconnect the black and red wire that weren't used, and wire the troller cable to the four prong plug so the red and black wires from the troller were on the red and black terminals on the receptacle. You could of course use one red wire from BAT #1 and the black wire from BAT #2, and then jumper BAT #2 POS to BAT #1 NEG. However, if the switches are there, you need to do some checking to see which pins actually have 24 volts on them when the switch is set to 24V. If your Motorguide operates ONLY on 24 volts (which it does because it only has two wires in the harness), you don't need the switches and what Bhile suggested will work. The boat manufacturer then complicated matters by adding a panel with the switches I mentioned. MotorGuide created most of the problems in that they offered trollers that would operate from 12 volts AND 24 volts. Rigrite V-Groove Trolling Motor Plugs And Receptacle. Minn Kota MKR-US2-16 Lowrance 9-Pin TotalScan ADP f/TI2 HDS. Minn Kota MKR-US2-15 Lowrance 8-Pin Tripleshot ADP f/Hook2. Minn Kota MKR-MI-1 Adapter Cable f/Helix 8,9,10 & 12 MSI Units. I'm just curious here, but if you've owned this boat for awhile, have you not noticed if there are some switches on the same panel that the receptacle is mounted on or very close to it?Ī number of boat manufacturers did some really strange things when it came to wiring boats for trolling motors. Marinco is honoured that the new 70A trolling motor plug and receptacle has recently been named one of the top 50 products of 2017 by Boating Industry. TROLLING MOTOR PLUG & RECEPTACLE (MOTORGUIDE) 19.98.
