Brand new MinnKota I pilot

[tyschuh]

Newbie question, possibly mistake.
We just got our 219, stickered/registered as a 2022. Took it out the first day and everything worked great.
The second day we went to go out, I realized that I did not turn off the Main or battery selector switch. It still started up fine but had to select both batteries to get electronics to load.
After approximately 4 hours of cruising around, I tried to use the trolling motor, plugged it in, turned on the remote, tried turning on the TM itself it wouldn’t turn on and remote said that it couldn’t locate the motor (forget the exact terminology.
Any help would be great!

[Juan]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new Sea Pro!
We need a little more info: Is the trolling motor 12 or 24 volt? How many batteries are onboard? Considering it's a 219... I'm going to assume it's a 24 volt trolling motor and if so, it should be wired completely separate from your battery selector switch. It will be connected to two separate batteries which are probably located under the console. (total of 4 batteries onboard) The remote will tell you that it can't find the trolling motor when there is no power to the trolling motor and since you tried to turn on the trolling motor, the most common problem is the circuit breaker for the trolling motor is tripped. You should find and reset the circuit breaker near the trolling motor batteries.
It sounds like by leaving the battery selector switch on, something was running (radio, electronics, etc) and drained your house battery.... If that's the case: That happens, is nothing to worry about and should have nothing to do with the trolling motor.

[tyschuh]

Thanks Juan!
We got the 12/24/36 battery charging system (trolling), 12/24 cranking. So a total of 5 batteries onboard.
I’ll try the reset.

[Juan]

5 batteries = 3 for a 36V trolling motor, 1 house battery for electronics, and 1 start battery for the outboard. There should be a relay/breaker on the red wire leading from the 3 trolling motor batteries. If that's not tripped, the next places I'd check are the connections on the back of the female trolling motor plug and the connections on each battery. You could use a volt meter to check the voltage at the plug to be sure you're getting 36 volts.
Good luck, let us know what you find.