motor guide trolling motor wiring

[hotspringsbass]

I just purchased a 92' Nitro 180FS boat with a Motor guide 12/24 volt trolling motor.  My question is about the trolling motor wiring.  Coming from the trolling motor are 4 wires 2 red and 2 black.  How do I wire these to the battery/s to get 12/24 performance.  I have little to no history in this matter.  Please help I need to go fishing.

[Jig Man]

It seems to me like you have 1 more wire than you need but I am not sure of your switch configuration.  For the 12v part you will need 1 r and 1 b to go to your #1  battery.  Then you need a b wire to the - post of the #2 battery.  In order to make the 24v you need a jumper from - battery #1 to + battery #2.  Your extra wire must be so that the switch can run them in = and use both batteries for 12v.

[hotspringsbass]

Jig Man,

Thanks for the information.  Like I said I have very little history dealing with this and I appreciate your help.  I understand what you said about the jumper wire but what should I do with the other Red wire?  On the jumper wire, Should I just make something up out of similar sized wire to use for this?  Your help is greatly appreciated.