Had a fire on board
 

Today I had an electrical fire on my 24 volt trolling motor plug and jack. I'm not sure what caused it but all of a sudden the plug and jack were on fire. I pulled the burning plug out of the jack and cut the plug off. At home I opened the front hatch and traced the wires and found a spot where the wire was chaffed and must have shorted out to ground. I rewired the jack and tomorrow will install a new plug. The 60 amp breaker tripped so hopefully my trolling motor will be ok. Boats can be a real pain to work on since there isn't much space to do things.

Fire on a boat is no joke! glad it turned out ok with minor damage.

Yup and I was a couple miles out from shore all alone and water temp is 51. Would have been bad if it caught the boat on fire and I had to swim for it.

Between your boat and Phil's camp we've had some "lucky" members here lately.

Glad it wasn't worse.

- jake

Glad you're safe. Be careful out there.

Thanks to our only 2 moderators still active. Came home today after a trip to town and started to mow my property. Got half done and decided to get more gas. Wouldn't start again. I need a new battery. Things come in 3s so what will tomorrow bring. Good news is my boat seems OK now with a brand new plug and jack on the 24v trolling motor system. I plan to fish in the morning then run the 30 miles to town and buy a new mower battery and pick up the stuff for an oil change. My Ferris is a great zero turn mower. The old mower took almost 5 hours and the Ferris mower cuts that down to 2 1/2.

Ferris is supposed to be a quality machine.

Does it have suspension?

- jake

Yes it is an amazing machine. It is smooth riding and it is now 5 years old and I have only changed oil, filter and lubed the grease zerts. I checked out lots of zero turns and Ferris seemed to be the best built of them all so I bought one. My old mower was a John Deere lawn and garden tractor and it lasted 17years. Great product but the Ferris zero turn is an awesome zero turn with a super ride due to the suspension.

I am glad that it wasn’t any worse than it was. I hope that you was able to remedy it and your trolling motor is okay. I don’t believe that I would want a fire on my boat while out on the water.

Yup fished today and caught about 50 pounds of big yellow perch and another 10 of huge white perch. I also landed unintended bi catch of 5 northern pike The trolling motor worked great.