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Post by coheasion on Jun 11, 2018 8:27:03 GMT -5
I need to get a new TM plug. Any thoughts on what is the best style and why?
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Post by mwardncsu on Jun 11, 2018 8:30:25 GMT -5
No question - get the Battery Tender plug - last one you will ever need to buy - super robust & rugged - solves the issues many of them have with the wiring coming loose & generating heat/melting. www.batterytender.com/trollingmotorplug |
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Post by mwardncsu on Jun 11, 2018 8:31:53 GMT -5
Ahhh - and they now have a "linear plug adapter" which makes it even more compelling if you are space constrained and cannot work with the "L" shape
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Post by steviejayvaughan on Jun 11, 2018 11:10:17 GMT -5
Second the battery tender plug.
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Post by drag4striper on Jun 11, 2018 12:13:45 GMT -5
I know I didn't ask this question, but I really wish you guys had spoke up about there being better options to choose from when I was having problems out of my plug . I bought the same OE minn kota plug. 😞
Can't y'all read my mind?? Lol
Dang plug vibrates loose and I lose connection.
Live and learn ! 😉
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Post by mwardncsu on Jun 11, 2018 12:41:54 GMT -5
I know I did ask this question, but I really wish you guys had spoke up about there being better options to choose from when I was having problems out of my plug . I bought the same OE minn kota plug. 😞 Can't y'all read my mind?? Lol Dang plug vibrates loose and I lose connection. Live and learn ! 😉 Go ahead and order the Battery Tender plug - it's a little more costly than the others, but will save you down the line in replacements, frustration and perhaps worse - I had one of the Marinco twist-lock plugs - which is one of the "better" ones - melt down on me while on the water - its always possible it could be worse and start a fire when those wires get loose and heat starts. The Battery Tender plug requires "some assembly", in that you have to crimp / solder on ring-terminals to the end of your wire and these bolt onto studs in the plug - but the flip side is as long as you make a good crimp with proper tool, and torque down the nuts properly, you're not going to have to worry about the wiring - then the plug has a cam-screw that draws it into the socket and holds it in there tight - have not had it come close to trying to back out / come loose yet. The downside of the plug was the way it was designed with a right-angle output for the wire on the trolling motor side of the plug and this could make mounting it somewhere a little tough - but with the new adapter they have, which basically replaces the back-plate on the TM-side plug, it has reduced the space needed for mounting some. |
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Post by drag4striper on Jun 11, 2018 12:53:29 GMT -5
Thanks Mike !
Sorry Chris, didn't mean to derail your thread.
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Post by coheasion on Jun 11, 2018 14:14:26 GMT -5
Nope - the discussion is all good!
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Post by mwardncsu on Jun 11, 2018 14:32:14 GMT -5
If anyone wants to see it in person, come out to the Smith Mountain Striper Club In-Water Boat Show & Tell this coming Saturday at Bridgewater plaza from 10-1.  |
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Post by tommyfishes on Jun 12, 2018 20:19:56 GMT -5
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