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TK, what gauge wiring should be sufficient to effectively run my trolling motor, 36V, 112# thrust?

The boat is 21 feet long and the batteries are probably 18 feet from the TM. The boat is wired with 8 gauge going to the front.

The TM leads going to the plug are 8 gauge.

I was having issues with the trolling motor shutting itself off when running on high for a very short time. I tried going from a 40 amp breaker to a 50 amp breaker to a 60 amp breaker to removing the breaker altogether with no change in results. BTW, none of the breakers ever tripped either.

I removed one of the batteries from the boat to light some LED lights around my deck last night and when I was replacing it today, it seemed like the batteries weren't wired together correctly to create 36 volts. I think the boat shop who wired the TM may have only had two batteries in series instead of three. Would running a 36 volt motor on 24 volts cause the TM to shut itself off? It the new MinnKota 112# Terrova w/IPilot.

Or would the TM even run on 24 volts?