24 volt trolling motor question

I just got from UPS my 24 volt minn kota.
I have a question about wiring the batteries in series.

I have 3 batteries on my boat. One for the motor. And 2 others one under each console. Right now I have 2 down riggers on the boat and each one is wired to its own battery. These are the batteries I want to wire togather for my 24 volt trolling motor. But if I wire them in series + bat one to - bat 2 then then - bat one to motor and + bat 2 to motor can I still wire my downriggers like I have them?

Thanks for the info.

Hunter

If I understand your scenario correctly .... NO, don't, you'll be hooking up 12 volt components into a 24 volt setup. You'll have to disconnect anything 12v from the circuit if you kick it up to 24 with the batteries in series.

Yes, you can. Just make sure that you only connect the downriggers to a single battery(each) and the trolling motor will be hooked one wire to to + on one battery and the - on the other. The downriggers will be hooked to the appropriate + and - of their individual battery. You will have more than one wire coming off each terminal. This is tougher to explain than it is to hook up. E-mail me or send private message w/ your phone #, and I'll help you get it right if this post doesn't help.