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Sketch Idea for Mounting Trolling Motor to the bow
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<blockquote data-quote="nlester" data-source="post: 260391" data-attributes="member: 8483"><p>One problem, many solutions, good ideas and they all work. They all get the motor on the bow. I agree, I like wood or rubber for the screw clamps to dig into.</p><p></p><p>I have been using the big foot switch for 2 years now and I like it. I use it to get more time out of my battery.</p><p></p><p>I have a speed coil trolling motor because it is cheaper but it wastes voltage because it allows the boat to move at a slow speed by the speed coil acting as a resistor and burning up part of the voltage as heat instead of power. A digital trolling motor rapidily turns the voltage off and on so that the full voltage is used all the time as power but the motor does not run all the time. It cyles on and off so voltage is used a power instead of wasted as heat</p><p></p><p>I can't afford a digital motor but I use my big foot switch as a poor man's digital control. It may be hard on the motor but I leave my motor set at the fastest speed of 5 all the time and control my speed by switching the motor off and on with the big foot switch. I get a lot more time out of the battery. It also helps me keep on a spot because when I start drifting I just click the motor on with my foot and move back into position, no hands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlester, post: 260391, member: 8483"] One problem, many solutions, good ideas and they all work. They all get the motor on the bow. I agree, I like wood or rubber for the screw clamps to dig into. I have been using the big foot switch for 2 years now and I like it. I use it to get more time out of my battery. I have a speed coil trolling motor because it is cheaper but it wastes voltage because it allows the boat to move at a slow speed by the speed coil acting as a resistor and burning up part of the voltage as heat instead of power. A digital trolling motor rapidily turns the voltage off and on so that the full voltage is used all the time as power but the motor does not run all the time. It cyles on and off so voltage is used a power instead of wasted as heat I can't afford a digital motor but I use my big foot switch as a poor man's digital control. It may be hard on the motor but I leave my motor set at the fastest speed of 5 all the time and control my speed by switching the motor off and on with the big foot switch. I get a lot more time out of the battery. It also helps me keep on a spot because when I start drifting I just click the motor on with my foot and move back into position, no hands. [/QUOTE]
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