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I'll be fishing for 2-1/2 days next week and staying at a hotel.  I'm not sure what to do about recharging my 2 trolling motor batteries.  My Ranger RT178 has a Dual Pro on-board charger and I tow with an F150 with a 120 volt outlet.  I have no idea how long my batteries will last without a recharge (depends on a lot).  Any thoughts?

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Ask nicely and the hotel might let you plug in.

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As said above ask hotel, nearby campground, cheap generator, boat marina. All depends on where your gonna be.

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Or you could just get a regular 12v battery charger and pull the batteries and charge them in the room at night.  Probably not my first choice, but it would be a pretty failsafe backup plan.  

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18 hours ago, RobA said:

I'll be fishing for 2-1/2 days next week and staying at a hotel. 

Where's your boat staying?  Find an outlet near there.

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34 minutes ago, Bankc said:

Or you could just get a regular 12v battery charger and pull the batteries and charge them in the room at night.  Probably not my first choice, but it would be a pretty failsafe backup plan.  

^winner 

18 hours ago, RobA said:

I'll be fishing for 2-1/2 days next week and staying at a hotel.  I'm not sure what to do about recharging my 2 trolling motor batteries.  My Ranger RT178 has a Dual Pro on-board charger and I tow with an F150 with a 120 volt outlet.  I have no idea how long my batteries will last without a recharge (depends on a lot).  Any thoughts?

Often when travelling for tourneys you'd see miles of extension cords running from rooms to the parking lot. Some of the nicer places had hookups at the bases of their light poles.

 

If you know which hotel call ahead and ask them what your options are there. That way you know exactly how to plan. 

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2 hours ago, Ski213 said:

If you know which hotel call ahead and ask them what your options are there. That way you know exactly how to plan. 

Thanks for the ideas.  As @Ski213 suggested I called the hotel (Comfort Inn) and, much to my surprise, they have some outlets outside.  The guy who answered the phone went out of his way to check for me.  

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