Question reguarding charging an electric pontoon boat

brianbye

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Just a quick question for anyone that knows.

My grandmother just bought a small pontoon boat with an electric motor. It has 4 batteries on the back. 1 big battery under the back seat.

My question is this. She does not have power at her dock. I want to just run a 100 ft extension cord from her garage to the boat. I just want to make sure that connecting it to a 15 amp outlet with 12/ga outoor cord will do the job. I will install a gfci outlet in the garage for safety. Should this be sufficient or should I go with a 20amp 10/ga setup?

Thanks for the help !
 

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Re: Question reguarding charging an electric pontoon boat

Ayuh,... Welcome Aboard,... I'd think the 15a, 12ga. would be enough to run a battery charger,...

The 20a, 10ga. would run my Welder at 100'....
 
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