Quote Originally Posted by dsonthelake84 View Post
Did you buy deep cycle batteries? I have a 43lb thrust trolling motor and just bought my battery and I can run it 3 trips. I have a 17.5 ft nitro. If your trolling battery isn't a 24 volt i dont think you can set it up that way. My buddy tried and it burnt is trolling motor up.
Wire the batteries Parallel...........

Positive to positive, negative to negative............This will give you DOUBLE the amps available at the same voltage............

I did this for YEARS with my 95 Tracker with 2 12 volt batteries, and a 12 volt 43lb motor.

Later,

Geo