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gimlet 
 		  Port: Yuba, MI   05/20/2007 13:32
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I want to install Scotty electric downriggers to my small (14 ft) boat's battery. Does anyone what I need to get to connect what comes in the box to my battery. thanks for any help
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Re:electric downrigger connection
whaler 
 		  Port: Fruitport, MI   05/20/2007 17:15
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Hi Gimlet...wecome aboard EA!

Ideally, you would use the following:

2 runs of 10 or 12 Gauge Wire (one positive and one negative)...long enough to reach from your battery box to the rear of the boat

2 single (or 1 double) bus bar...also called a terminal strip

Crimp on ring connectors for the battery end (these are the large diameter ones)

Crimp on ring connectors for the bus bar end (small diameter)

Mount the busbars near the transom of the boat...preferably up high where they will stay dry. Connect the downrigger wires to the busbars. Connect the battery wires to the busbars. Connect the battery wires to the battery.

If you want to make the downriggers removable, cut the downrigger wires in half and use a twist-lock waterproof plug...the ones designed for trolling motors work great.

You can find out a lot more about downrigger installation in the EA article BoatGear: Installing Downriggers.

Hope that helps,
Tom
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Re:electric downrigger connection
gimlet 
 		  Port: Yuba, MI   05/29/2007 20:03
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thanks for the info got it installed this past weekend now hopefully I'll find some fish
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