Rain City
Crew Member
40 Amp fuse and no more than 15' of 10 gauge wire.Needs a 40 Amp fuse i was told..
40 Amp fuse and no more than 15' of 10 gauge wire.Needs a 40 Amp fuse i was told..
Too bad ACE doesn't sell a faster and more powerful motor. I have the latest max torque motor and even with only 2 prawn traps on a string, it can struggle if it's in heavy currents or when it initially pulls the traps horizontally for a bit until it gets them vertical and off the ground.
I would like just more power don’t really care about speed. I got the plus 40 and pulling two traps plus 10 of weight it trips the circuit breaker, and yes it’s 10 gauge and about a 7 foot run
Too bad ACE doesn't sell a faster and more powerful motor. I have the latest max torque motor and even with only 2 prawn traps on a string, it can struggle if it's in heavy currents or when it initially pulls the traps horizontally for a bit until it gets them vertical and off the ground.
What size fuse you have on it? I have a 40amp fuse and have never had it go off.
Somethings wrong there. My boat is 16000lbs and my traps are over 50lbs a set (empty) and even pulling in opposite directions it doesn't trip.I do have a 40 amp, and I jog up on the rope till I know it’s off the bottom and it still trips
I’ve used ace hauler before but it’s slow and when retrieving against current it’s really slow.
After extensive research and I ended up using Electra-dyne hauler (not cheap but worth it)
Can pull 2 traps on same string with 12lb weights in each trap from 250’ against current in about a minute.
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It is all relevant to the work being done. Higher current but shorter run time. The effort to get the traps out of the water is the same.What do they sell for? Also assume wiht the higher HP motor compared to the Ace it also draws higher amps and drains battery faster correct?
I got it for $1400 8 years ago. I use 70 amp breaker and two batteries connected in parallel. At days end both batteries still has 85% charge left.