need help with wireing the panel

[larlarsa]

i got this panel from my friend,but he didn't use it.i am dummy with electric,I want to hood up my navgation light and stern light ,livewell pump,Bilge pump,12V power oulet,and i have a Murcury bowmount TM,but i don't know is 12V or 24V,and the thurst is?hope someone can findout for me,Thanks.

so i have some question to ask here:

1: how to wire the main battery +" and -" from the panel(as i know -" should go direct to the battery -" ?)

2: what is that two copper plate on the back panel for?one over the swich and the other over the fuse?

3: Is the TM wire direct to the battery with separate wire and swich with fuse?Can i use this for the TM?
https://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_66962_225005000_225000000_225005000_225-5-0

4: I also have a Bottomline fish finder fishing buddy portable that was use 6 aa battery(9V),how can i convert 12V to use on 9V,so i can use the main battery as the scouce.

Thank's for looking

 

[RStewart]

answers to questions 1 & 2 :
the copper pieces are what you wire to the battery. the one hooked to the fuses goes to the positive and the one over the switches goes to the negative. when you wire something to the switchpanel, just run the hot wire from the device and attach to the exposed wire on the switchpanel. as for the ground wire on the device, you can go strait to the battery or use a buss block that will allow you to connect the negative of all devices to a single place and the one wire to battery from buss block.
3- i would hook tm straight to battery.
4- dont know.

 

[Zum]

(3) can't use that switch,not enough amps;they do make trolling motor plugs though there not that much maybe cheaper.I used a winch plug for mine because I couldn't find a plug around here that I could put 6 gauge wire into and was 50 amp.
Mine goes to the battery through a 50amp manual circuit breaker,your might need a smaller circuit breaker(fuse),some people don't use any
(4)do you have a manual for it?I know for mine,in the manual it says power requirments 10-20volt and thats a 12 volt fishfinder.Maybe you don't need to do anything but take your pos.and neg.leads right to the fused switch(MAYBE,,,,look into this B4 trying,plz)

 

[Bubba-Bear]

To switch the power from that switch panel for the trolling motor you can use a 12 volt Relay

https://www.wiringproducts.com/index1.html

For the fish finder use a step down transformer

https://www.powerstream.com/dc6.htm

 

[larlarsa]

thank for those advice,but anyone know about of my Trolling motor spec?how many amp for this TM,what's the thrust is?and i don't know what is the swich on the foot contorl for?

 

[Jim]

Any more identifiable marking on the trolling motor? Any model or serial number? Mercury thruster what? I cant see it from that picture.

 

[larlarsa]

It show on the motor was Mercury Thruster II L,i don't know where is the serial number location.

Thank's for reply.

 

[Brine]

The part you circled looks to be the switch that turns the motor off and on with foot pressure.

Looking at the pic of the motor, I would guess it's a 30-42# thrust motor. Pretty sure Motorguide made the motors for Mercury. You may give them a call. They may also be able to tell you where to locate the Model/Serial numbers.

Good Luck.

 

[larlarsa]

Thank's. I am going to weire the TM in separate wire with 30A auto reset breaker,do you think that's enough for this TM?

 

[Zum]

Thank's. I am going to weire the TM in separate wire with 30A auto reset breaker,do you think that's enough for this TM?

Not real sure but should be close.The worse it's going to do is trip and that would only be at full speed.If you needed it to get home,you could remove the breaker till your back or try going slower so it won't trip.