[Shop-talk] Electrical question

[Randall]

> Any guesstimates on how quickly a 12 volt trolling motor be fried if
> operated
> somewhat judiciously at 24 volts?

Depends on the "judiciously" part, IMO.  Your controller almost certainly
uses a solid-state chopper, so if it doesn't fry instantly and you limit
yourself to what the performance would be at 12v, my _guess_ would be that
it would not harm the motor at all.  As someone already mentioned, heat in
the motor is the problem (again assuming the electronics can withstand the
voltage), so as long as you don't let the motor overheat ...

-- Randall