Unfortunately the motor armature burned up and so did the controller and a life jacket sitting beside the controller. It was very exciting for a while and the tow back to harbour was embarrasing , very. The boat was very fast however.
Dave
From: desulfator <desulfator@yahoo.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 7:29:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Anyone know the max voltage input on a Minn Kota 12V riptide?
Dave
From: desulfator <desulfator@yahoo.
To: electricboats@
Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 7:29:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Anyone know the max voltage input on a Minn Kota 12V riptide?
Did you find out which part burned up (controller or motor)?
--- In electricboats@ yahoogroups. com, David Brooks <avantiman@. ..> wrote:
>
> Tech support at Minn Kota was useless for me too. 36 volts will definitely burn up a 24 volt Riptide. Been there done that. Very expensive experiment but speed went up by approx 50 % for about 15 minutes, then burnout.
> Motor-Guide 36 volt gave more power but less speed and was far easier to wire up.
> Dave
>
>
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