Little bit of everything on here, mostly things I enjoy. There is also things on here that may help you where I have struggled in the past like fixing cars or something
@@juanseminario7287 the fan is connected to the power and ground on the battery side of the PWM controller so it has constant, unregulated power. Interrupted only by the switch on the lid of the box
Can you please let me know how you connected the Fan and Fan Switch to the PWM? Did you just connected the neg and pos from the battery to the switch then to the Fan?
Why has nobody else figured out that you don't have to take the trolling motor apart (and void the warranty!) to rig this up? I'm going to give this a shot with a 40lb Endura C2 once my PWM and battery arrive next week. Brilliant job!
I built one a little over 4 years ago . i was suprised that the cheap pwm has held up . I did not use a fan. It made a big difference in battery use . ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qsHHnkaMSC8.htmlsi=FdxyK8fa4G7KFj1Y
Now that you've had the PWM controller up and running for a few years, is it still performing OK? I read many complaints about these controllers, specifically from China, not lasting very long. No doubt many factors can affect the longevity, such as wire gauge, etc.. Curious how yours is holding up. Nice build, btw.
Yeah, so far so good. I didn't get out with it a whole lot this year, but everything is still working good. I think the biggest enemy of these would be water. Thanks for watching and commenting
hi i have installed a pwm on my kayak motor but it has slowed it right down, is there any way of speeding it up. i did remove the control on top of motor, i would send video of what i done but dont know how to
Love how you set this up. I like how you did not have to remove the control head of the motor. What setting do you keep it on with the manual handle. Does it go in reverse even though the handle is in a forward position? thanks
The handle on mine has 1-5 forwards and 1-3 reverse. The handle stays in forward 5. The reverse works by switching the switch on the PWM box. There is no need to touch the speed control on the motor to switch directions. The handle is essentially only used for steering in my application. Thanks for the question, hope this helps.
Yes, I don't know exactly how hot but it's warm enough you don't want to leave your fingers on it for very long. I put it in the container to keep splashed water and light rain off of it and just figured it needed a fan for air movement. The fan doesn't draw hardly anything so I normally just leave it running. I have left the fan off and ran a whole day with no overheating issues, those heat sinks inside are designed well enough I guess.
Thanks for the question. Yes, I do have it connected to the same battery. I have not seen any interference at any speed. My fish finder is a Garmin Striker 4, just a cheapy but it works well in the canoe. My battery is usually 4 or 5 feet away from the transducer, but the PWM is almost beside the transducer on the canoe.
I found I could not run my trolling motor wide open without the PWM stating to smell like burnt plastic. Now it quit working with the variable speed switch. I guess if you run less than 75% you will be alright, but faster than that and you will probably burn out the PWM.
I've run mine wide open for about 45 minutes at 100%, it pushes the canoe along about 4mph+. I was running the fan that I have mounted and all seems ok for now.
I am going to try same system but with 36V batteries. I got few STIHL pro saw batteries, i just have to keep in mind not to go over like 35% witch is about 12 volts. Those batteries are pretty light and have lot of power in them (280 wh per battery)
I have never heard of that before, but I would be very interested on how much it improves the performance of the motor. To achieve the same amount of 'work' you could run approximately half the amperage with a 24 volt system over the 12v system.
Hi josh i was wondering just new at this. can you tell me how much time where u getting running time out of your motor before you installed the pwm and now that you have it installed is their much a difference?? Thanks vinny.
I didn't keep track of the run time before I switched to a PWM. The main reason I switched was so I could dial my speed down to where I needed to be. Speed 1 on my motor was pushing my canoe at 3.5 kph which is too fast for what I'm fishing. I can tell you that I can troll at 20-25% almost all day (about 9 hours) then make the run back to the dock wide open on one charge. I am impressed with how much you can find tune the speed, right down to the tenth of a kph.
Mine was a plastic knob that just slides off the shaft. The shaft has a flat side on it to index the knob and keeps it from spinning on the steel shaft.
I wouldn't know. I would think that if you have a receiver and a remote control, your motor would be digitally controlled. But like I said, I don't know
