Great idea! One important thing to add is an inline fuse in the red wire. I used a 20A one in my case. It serves two purposes: does not let your switch to burn as well as protects other parts as well (say if your pump is not protected by a fuse).
Please forgive me for my misunderstanding but I thought that you bypassed the solenoids and went directly to the motors. Did I miss something? Great video by the way.
Another question. The wires coming from my throttle trim switch and transom switch are barely 16 to 18 gauge wire. I know you were using 12 to 10 gauge. Does the original smaller gauge wire on my boat because they are going through trim pump relays?
I have a transom trim switch on my Cobalt 246, but I have to have the battery switch on to use it or the throttle trim switch. I would like to have a transom trim switch that has power all the time so if forget to trim the motor down and I already put the cover on I don't have to crawl under the cover to turn the battery switch on. Any suggestions?
You'll need to see where your trim switch is getting power from and run it straight to the battery instead of wherever it's currently pulling power from (some ignition switch controlled source)
@@ashipshow thank you for the fast reply. I am not sure I would want a ignition switch controlled source then I would have to have the switch on. I agree I need a direct power source from the new switch to the pump. If I did that then I would need to splice into the pump wires after the relays?
I set one up for my Force 120 with 10 ga wires and it burned the switch immediately. How many amps is your switch rated for? Can I run the switch on the negative (control) side of the solenoids instead?
So maybe the trim motor is grounded through the engine ground. Only thing that makes sense. I mean I get that I need to hook the red wire to a power source. I just am far too curious to let this sleep until I know exactly where it is grounded.
Hey Jared, is it alright if I give you a shout out and put some clips from this video in my upcoming video? ;) I should have it done by tomorrow... or tonight... we'll see :P