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New 14foot Jon Boat owner. Need assistance on basic setup.
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<blockquote data-quote="gnappi" data-source="post: 451862" data-attributes="member: 22374"><p>Nice boat! Welcome aboard here!</p><p></p><p>The garmin 4 comes with a VERY long cable that gets a powdery mildew on it down here. To protrect it I wrapped the wire with 1/4" nylon wire wrap and tied the excess to the wood at the stern. </p><p></p><p>If you get one of the Minn Kota battery boxes it comes with two cig jacks which you can use not only for plug in dual USB ports but any other accessories you might use even a voltmeter built into the cig light appliance. </p><p></p><p>The Minn kota box also has a 50 amp main breaker as well as breakers for the accessory ports and the spin on terminals are well protected and accessible. It also has three LED's (RED, GREEN and YELLOW) to give you a rough estimation of the life of the battery charge state. </p><p></p><p>For accesories like LED stern/bow lights if light gauge is fine, but I used 18 gauge oxygen free 100% copper (not copper clad aluminum) for everything just to make it simple and flexible. </p><p></p><p>12 or 24 volts depends totally on TM size and length of wire, I'd double the length you expect to use, you will likely do something else unplanned at some point and having extra wire around is a blessing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gnappi, post: 451862, member: 22374"] Nice boat! Welcome aboard here! The garmin 4 comes with a VERY long cable that gets a powdery mildew on it down here. To protrect it I wrapped the wire with 1/4" nylon wire wrap and tied the excess to the wood at the stern. If you get one of the Minn Kota battery boxes it comes with two cig jacks which you can use not only for plug in dual USB ports but any other accessories you might use even a voltmeter built into the cig light appliance. The Minn kota box also has a 50 amp main breaker as well as breakers for the accessory ports and the spin on terminals are well protected and accessible. It also has three LED's (RED, GREEN and YELLOW) to give you a rough estimation of the life of the battery charge state. For accesories like LED stern/bow lights if light gauge is fine, but I used 18 gauge oxygen free 100% copper (not copper clad aluminum) for everything just to make it simple and flexible. 12 or 24 volts depends totally on TM size and length of wire, I'd double the length you expect to use, you will likely do something else unplanned at some point and having extra wire around is a blessing. [/QUOTE]
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