24 volt help

[Fishtails]

I need some advise, I'm putting a 24 volt trolling motor on my wife's boat....don't let her know cause she'll be really pissed I'm not allowed to put any fishing stuff on her boat, so I'm mounting a trolling motor and chartplotter strictly for safety reasons. She's gonna be so proud of me.

My hang up Is the 24 volts. I don't have room for two extra 12 volt batteries, Any Ideas?

[ray koziatek]

lets see the 6 volters are generally larger than a 12 v so whats the question

[L&M]

That will work hooked in series. But I doubt if they would have enough reserve capacity to last too long if your talking the small start batteries.

[Fishtails]

I just found that out Ray...I assumed they'd be smaller without doing any research....duh!! Damn...so now what?

[L&M]

Cut a hole in the floor. Makes more room.

[Fishtails]

Don't laugh Hank, but I already did that. I made room In the front for one battery by adding a nice little compartment, but I can't fit two. Maybe I just need to try harder. I'll just tell her I needed to add a compartment for the kids life vests. It looks stock and It's under a cushion anyway, so I doubt she'll even notice.

[L&M]

[ray koziatek]

rod why 24 v you can get a good push with 12v

[TrophySeeker]

Actually, you would have to hook-up (4) 6-volt batteries in SERIES to get 24V. Hook up as many as you want in parallel, but voltage stays the same and current is increased.

[Fishtails]

Ray,

A bow mount will never fly with the wife, and I have a Navigator 5500 laying around from when I had my Lund. It was underpowered for that boat but should be perfect for this one. It mounts on the outboard and I don't think she'll find that as offensive. I made the mistake of telling her It was her boat when I bought It.......and she actually took me literally .

I'd prefer the extra weight In the front, so I guess compartment #2 Is being added tomorrow. She's really going to be happy with me If she figures out what I did

[L&M]

Jim Your 100 percent right I just corrected it. I had one thing on my mind and typed another. Thanks for pointing that out.