Hello,
Rigging up my coleman crawdad wih a minnkota 55lb traxxis. I originally bought 2 -10' lengths of 6gauge wire from home depot(1 or 2$ a foot). The terminal connections were pretty flimsy and cheap, but, its what i could find that day. Yesterday, I noticed the wires and the marineco trolling motor plug assembly and 6 gauge adapter getting hot, and the motor didnt seem to be pulling as fast as it had the first couple times I used it. Have a pal working at West marine, and thinking of getting the "ancor" battery cable in 6 gauge, and, some real terminal connectors.
Is the Ancor battery cable in 6 gauge the correct thing to use? trolling motor is the only means of propulsion on this boat, and, I sometimes run it at high speed for 30 -40 minutes at a time. Bought some ancor heavy duty lugs terminal lugs at BPS today to replace the cheapo terminal rings i got the first time around. Would hate to spend 80$ on wiring if it is not the right stuff to be using.
Thanks for any and all feedback
Rigging up my coleman crawdad wih a minnkota 55lb traxxis. I originally bought 2 -10' lengths of 6gauge wire from home depot(1 or 2$ a foot). The terminal connections were pretty flimsy and cheap, but, its what i could find that day. Yesterday, I noticed the wires and the marineco trolling motor plug assembly and 6 gauge adapter getting hot, and the motor didnt seem to be pulling as fast as it had the first couple times I used it. Have a pal working at West marine, and thinking of getting the "ancor" battery cable in 6 gauge, and, some real terminal connectors.
Is the Ancor battery cable in 6 gauge the correct thing to use? trolling motor is the only means of propulsion on this boat, and, I sometimes run it at high speed for 30 -40 minutes at a time. Bought some ancor heavy duty lugs terminal lugs at BPS today to replace the cheapo terminal rings i got the first time around. Would hate to spend 80$ on wiring if it is not the right stuff to be using.
Thanks for any and all feedback