20 Most Recent Minn Kota Riptide St Saltwater 55 Bow Mount Trolling Motor - Page 7 Questions & Answers

well for one when it get hot like that you got a short check the wiring to see if you have it wired right

sounds like mother board problem in unit you have 2 motherboards in it one in the head other in motor good luck

no problem put neg on neg pos on pos on each battery but make sure you have charger on the battery it goes too look on your charger see if the banks are numbered 1 2 3 4 put 1 on # 1 and so forth # 4 goes on your cranking battery if you get a red light on charger then you have wrong wire on wrong battery and yes it will make you pull your hair out till you get it right . . .lol

first of all what speed is it stuck in if hi speed sounds like a mother board problem if a lower speed check the speed dial

My guess is you either have a brushwire against the housing or the leads are on the wrong terminal. the red/black goes on the same as the lower brushwire and the black goes on the same as the upper brushwire. The motor should have a 60A breaker, assuming you have 6ga wire. If wire is smaller than 6ga, the breaker should be downsized. To test the control board, check the voltage in and voltage out. Voltage out should vary as you turn the dial.