Canuck, I have fished with a guy that used to operate one of these and it seemed fine! He claimed it didn't affect his motor what so ever. Kinda nice trolling with it, do to no fumes or noise. However! You do need a pretty good battery bank to keep up with it! Seemed to like the DC juice if you know what I mean... I don't think you'll have a problem providing your motor is not undersized or borderline small.