Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted March 14, 2021 I get this is a fairly simple set up situation, just curious if I’m gonna mess things up if I tie my fish finder leads into my trolling motor leads way up high so that I only have the one connecting leads to my battery? Does that make sense? I realize this is simple for many but me and wiring and making a wreck out of projects goes hand in hand! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roosevelt Mark Report post Posted March 14, 2021 , on the bigger trolling motors it will cause interference on the graph. A small 12 volt motor like that you should be fine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted March 14, 2021 I'd add a couple similar connectors and wrap some electric tape around both +/- sets near the terminal to keep them together. I don't like having to troubleshoot electric on the water, but if I had to, I'd want to separate those. Also, I've gotten creative with LEDs and switches without issue, but both the TM and finder are designed to go straight to the battery. Edit: designed could be argued I know.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HuntHarder Report post Posted March 15, 2021 If it were me, I would wire into that trolling motor power, but I would put an inline fuse in. The trolling motor fuse is gonna melt that little 16 ga or smaller wire, before it trips it out in the case of a short. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted March 15, 2021 I bet the finder gets some feed back via the ground of the motor 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
