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Questions about fuses and trolling motors... why? where?
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<blockquote data-quote="nlester" data-source="post: 257858" data-attributes="member: 8483"><p>I did not have a circuit breaker for my old trolling motor. I was in rush to get home and did not disconnect my trolling motor from the battery. The motor got turned on by accident and the propeller jamed against the boat. By the time I found the problem, all of the wiring to my trolling motor had melted and I had to buy a new motor.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend a manually resetable circuit breaker over a fuse. You want to manually reset it because you don't want the motor to start running unepectedly if the breaker resets. You don't want a fuse unless you want to carry a bag full of fuses with you on the lake. Even an normally operating trolling motor can occasionally blow a fuse. The internet is the best source for the circuit breakers.</p><p></p><p>In Texas, a manually resetable circuit breaker is the law for permeant installations.</p><p></p><p>I would connect it to the battery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlester, post: 257858, member: 8483"] I did not have a circuit breaker for my old trolling motor. I was in rush to get home and did not disconnect my trolling motor from the battery. The motor got turned on by accident and the propeller jamed against the boat. By the time I found the problem, all of the wiring to my trolling motor had melted and I had to buy a new motor. I would recommend a manually resetable circuit breaker over a fuse. You want to manually reset it because you don't want the motor to start running unepectedly if the breaker resets. You don't want a fuse unless you want to carry a bag full of fuses with you on the lake. Even an normally operating trolling motor can occasionally blow a fuse. The internet is the best source for the circuit breakers. In Texas, a manually resetable circuit breaker is the law for permeant installations. I would connect it to the battery. [/QUOTE]
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