Thread: Minn Kota i Pilot questions and answers

Anyone know if the cord on the Elite-4 will fit in the groove on the terrova?

Originally Posted by Joe

Anyone know if the cord on the Elite-4 will fit in the groove on the terrova?

The Elite 5 will so I imagine the 4 will too.

Heard anything yet on the problem?
I have a new Terrova 24 volt 80# and it shuts of when on 10 after 20-30 seconds.
Turn it to 8 and it does not. Don't need to run on 10 much but being new it
should not shut off on 10 when it is used.















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Originally Posted by mervin

I posted earlier in this thread how my 2014 Terrova 112# thrust 36V trolling motor would just shut itself off after about 12-15 seconds if I put it on a speed setting of 7 or higher.

I had folks saying it was voltage drop due to the length of the 8 gauge wiring in the boat. Sad to say, that doesn't seem to be the culprit.

Well, today I took the plunge.

I decided to find out if it was the 8 gauge wire that was causing my 112# thrust, 36V Terrova to shut itself off after operating on a high setting for 12-20 seconds.

Unfortunately, the wiring wasn't/isn't the problem.

I took all three batteries out of the rear hatch, temporarily relocated them to the front of the boat, wired the system with 6 gauge wire and took the boat to OH lake for a test run.

Pulled away from the dock and kicked the TM on high. 20 seconds later, the TM shut off. I turned the speed down to 8, turned the TM on....15 seconds later it shut off again. Turned it down to 7, turned it on, 15 seconds it shut off again. That's enough.

Load the boat on the trailer, go home and start taking the TM off the boat. With it comes the transducer for the 899 HB and I'm going fishing in the early AM.

So I start taking my old 101# thrust 36V TERROVA off the old bass boat. I install that on the Excel along with the mount and wiring for the HB 597 HD di (the transducer for it is on the old TM). I remove the mount for the HB 899 Hd di SI and park all that stuff in the garage.

I'll see if the old TM still runs all day on high without kicking off.

That reminds me, I need to swap out remote control units. The new and old remotes won't work on different motors, only on the motor they were designed for.

And Tuesday, I'll drop off the new 112# thrust Terrova at Tracker Marine in Hendersonville so Mike Smith, the MinnKota pro repair guy, can see if he can figure out the problem. Mike is only there Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday so it may be awhile before I get the TM back, thus the switch of TM's.

When I get an answer as to the nature of the repair, I'll post it so anyone thinking of buying a Terrova will know about a potential problem, if there is one.

Joe, my problem was thus. I had ordered and paid for a 112 Terrova to be mounted on the new boat I had ordered.
Instead an 80# Terrova was installed. The only thing that said 80# was the very small Barcode tag on the TM mounting bracket. So this was wired into a 36V system (for the 112# motor) and it was heating up and shutting down after 20 seconds. You should check to make sure....1. That you have an 80# motor....and ....2. That you only have 24V going to it. If that all checks out, you need to check and see if you have at least 8 Guage wire going from the batteries to the TM.

Check the amperage rating of the circuit breaker between your TM and batteries. Most likely, the TM is drawing more than the breaker allows. I installed a 24v Terrova with only a 40 amp breaker & later replaced that with 50 amp--but that's still not enough when I try to crank it up to 10. Check & see what M-K recommends for its 24v motors.

Interesting ideas,
Does your motor shut down on 10 with the 50 amp breaker?
Joe

Originally Posted by Corker

Check the amperage rating of the circuit breaker between your TM and batteries. Most likely, the TM is drawing more than the breaker allows. I installed a 24v Terrova with only a 40 amp breaker & later replaced that with 50 amp--but that's still not enough when I try to crank it up to 10. Check & see what M-K recommends for its 24v motors.

Since there was no mention of a tripped breaker in the original post, I'm assuming that his motor, like mine, simply shut off without tripping a breaker. Mine never tripped the installed 40 amp breaker, nor the 50 and 60 amp breakers I installed while searching out my problem.

Originally Posted by Joe

Does your motor shut down on 10 with the 50 amp breaker?

Yes. It's the type that resets itself automatically, so in a few seconds I can start it again.