Thread: Minn Kota i Pilot questions and answers

Only other thing on the battery with the trolling motor is the bilge pump, which had not come on (I don't think the entire outing that eve), but I can switch that over. And i will see about getting a circuit breaker. So is the group 31 or dual 27 in reference to the circuit breaker model? Mine is not plugged in while charger for the record - and I have only had it a bit, but have an onboard charger. Also have charged those batteries with just a regular charger too. Does that make a difference?

12v motors draw a lot more amperage than 24v/36v models.

Originally Posted by rcornish

Only other thing on the battery with the trolling motor is the bilge pump, which had not come on (I don't think the entire outing that eve), but I can switch that over. And i will see about getting a circuit breaker. So is the group 31 or dual 27 in reference to the circuit breaker model? Mine is not plugged in while charger for the record - and I have only had it a bit, but have an onboard charger. Also have charged those batteries with just a regular charger too. Does that make a difference?

Would not make any difference having bilge hooked to it but for pure safety reasons would hook it to cranking battery. Remember you are discharging those batteries all day and might not have enough juice at the end of day if a emergency came up and needed the pump. 27 and 31 are group numbers to denote size of battery. Larger number = more and larger plates inside the battery so group 31 is larger, made with bigger plates and has more reserve capacity and can withstand more discharges and charges. I run 2 group 27's for more capacity than a single 31 would give me and because of the room I have. AMP rating is what you are concerned with on your circuit breaker.those circuit breakers are designed to carry more amperage than a fuse will. Fuse may not blow but it will not carry as much load as the breaker because of size of the contact points. Onboard or portable chargers either one will work. Just need to make sure they are taking them to full charge. All our modern electronics are super sensitive to low voltage and your control system on trolling motor is all electronic. Motor may run fine on lower voltage but when that voltage starts to drop off ( running at high speed for extended period) the control side can do some strange things.

Thanks... I think that is the problem I have right there. Small battery. I have two that I had run my old (much smaller) trolling motor on, one of which was just a battery I had picked up for cheap a LONG time back and was definitely on the small side. At some point I had switched over to that one last fall and just had not switch back over to the bigger battery even with swapping the motors. I see your point about the contacts with the fuse vs the breaker and will go ahead and change that out as well to just make sure. Thanks for the information share, I have found it valuable!

OK I guess I'm the dummy. I just got an Ulterra with I pilot Link, hooked it up to my Hunnibird 999i hd si. But the fish finder won't recognize the I pilot..
I followed the directions on the I pilot link set up but the pilot navigation screen doesn't come up.
I've tried with the pilot on and off, remote on/off, foot control hooked up and not
any Ideas?

What software versions are your 999, ipilot link, and remote. Plus, is the trolling motor connected via Ethernet to your 999?

OK I got updated and now it is connected to the I pilot, Thanks for you help.
Next question is where to find updates for the I pilot?
I didn't find them on the HB site
Again thanks for the help,
Grady

You have to add your unit via serial number also on the hb site. Pretty sure on that.