Transom mounted Motor

[Froggy]

Having no experience with electric motors, can someone explain how it works, the basics, I like to power my 12ft with a fairly powerfull electric motor, you install it, then hook it to a couple of batteries right? how do you recharge the batteries? in laymen terms, I like a simple but good setup. Thanks

 

[S&MFISH]

I would think that,on a 12fter,a 12V/35-40lb thrust should be sufficient.Using a small 2A/15A portable charger should do the trick. 1 battery should be fine.For longevity you can use 2 batt. wired in parrallel(RED to RED-BLACK to BLACK).

 

[MeanMouth]

Batteries can be confusing, but I've made a couple pictures that you can use to keep it simple.

Try and remember this:

Parallel wiring - Increases capacity, voltage stays the same.
Series wiring - Increases voltage, amps stay the same.

Picture 1

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Picture 3

Charging Batteries

For Deep Cycle batteries, you want to charge them nice and slow. Buy an automatic charger, which will protect your batteries from overcharging.

 

[Froggy]

Hey Thanks for the info, meanmouth thanks for the graphs,

 

[MeanMouth]

Hey Thanks for the info, meanmouth thanks for the graphs,

You're welcome! Let us know what your final decision is and how well it works for your 12 footer!