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Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? #12920559 10/02/18 11:58 PM
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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? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920568 10/03/18 12:05 AM
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Get a heavy duty one from Home Depot or Northern Tools.

Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920581 10/03/18 12:16 AM
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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920587 10/03/18 12:19 AM
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What about this?

Cord

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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920598 10/03/18 12:36 AM
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What about this?

Cord
that looks good but I would by 2 50ftrs instead of 1 100ftr

Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920600 10/03/18 12:37 AM
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Get a 12/3 at minimum for a long run. 10/3 would be preferred.


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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920603 10/03/18 12:38 AM
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Oops. What charger? That would be a deciding factor.


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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920654 10/03/18 01:18 AM
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I use a fifty foot 12 gauge.


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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920672 10/03/18 01:37 AM
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I use an orange one, it seems to work fine

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Originally Posted By: WAWI
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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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.


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Re: Extension cord for boat - what gauge/amp? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920766 10/03/18 02:46 AM
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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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Originally Posted By: WAWI
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..... woot

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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? [Re: JC Skeeter] #12920801 10/03/18 03:12 AM
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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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