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Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/02/18 11:58 PM
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JC Skeeter
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Have a 2017 skeeter fx21, getting my oil changed now so can’t check the amp draw of my charger. Looking at a good outdoor extension cord in either 50’ or 100’
I don’t want/need to go cheap, I want a good cord that will get the job done. What amp and/or gauge do you guys recommend?
Any certain brands?
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 12:05 AM
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ezbassin
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Get a heavy duty one from Home Depot or Northern Tools.
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 12:16 AM
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44 Diesel
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 12:19 AM
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JC Skeeter
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Last edited by that1time; 10/03/18 12:21 AM.
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 12:36 AM
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POPPA
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that looks good but I would by 2 50ftrs instead of 1 100ftr
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 12:37 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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Get a 12/3 at minimum for a long run. 10/3 would be preferred.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 12:38 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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Oops. What charger? That would be a deciding factor.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 01:18 AM
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Chris B
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I use a fifty foot 12 gauge.
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 01:37 AM
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WAWI
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I use an orange one, it seems to work fine
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 02:22 AM
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Pinkus
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I use an orange one, it seems to work fine This... I never really thought I’d needed a special one
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
[Re: Pinkus]
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10/03/18 02:34 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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I use an orange one, it seems to work fine This... I never really thought I’d needed a special one Haha. Try a Kimber Kable Wattgate Rhodium plated plug ends and some 8ga 6 conductor twisted silver cable. You can build an extention cord that would make a Ranger boat seem inexpensive. Yeh. An Orange cable works.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 02:46 AM
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BigDozer66
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I use a 10/3 100' model from Lowe's on mine.
Once I get the shed built I won't need it anymore.
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 02:49 AM
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Mark Perry
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I use an orange one, it seems to work fine Same here except I bought an ugly lime green one so I knew which was mine. Never realized in all the years of owning a boat I needed to get a "special" one for my boat.....
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 03:01 AM
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Chuck72
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I just want a flat one that will go under the hotel door!
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp?
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10/03/18 03:12 AM
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kevine80
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plug it in ---let it charge a while -- grab the cord with your hand -- if you let go quickly-- get a bigger one !
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