I just put in a little optima, about 45 ah. Very light, high CCA and plays well with the big house bank. About $200 or so at Defender.
John On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:44 PM, Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> wrote: > I use a U-1 sized battery for a starting battery. These are about 35 AH and > are easily picked up with one hand. > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina > C&C 35 MK I > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Edd > Schillay > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11:37 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Battery options > > Listers, > > I have two very-large AGM house banks and one of them is at 12.7 > volts and the other is at 11.9. I tried charging the latter, and it slowly > drained back down to 11.9 after a couple of weeks. > > Assuming I can’t get it to hold a charge again, I’m thinking of > replacing it with a small engine-starter type of battery and use ALL to > start/run the engine and then flip to 1 when in other modes. > > Any recommendations for a good all-purpose (and inexpensive) > sealed battery good for giving the engine a good starting jolt? > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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