what battery

[andrea_mcguinn]

Hi all,

Another daft question, but then if you don't ask you'll never know.

 

What kind of starter battery should I use for a seawolf 1.3 petrol. I have just purchased a nauticus 27 and inboards are a new thing for us with our last boat having an outboard. The starter battery we have on her at the mo seems to be on it's way out, not holding charge. So any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Andrea

[mrsmelly]

Hi all,

Another daft question, but then if you don't ask you'll never know.

 

What kind of starter battery should I use for a seawolf 1.3 petrol. I have just purchased a nauticus 27 and inboards are a new thing for us with our last boat having an outboard. The starter battery we have on her at the mo seems to be on it's way out, not holding charge. So any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Andrea

 

Buy as cheap as you can open wet cell battery of about 90 amp hour to be on top of the job. Smaller say 75 amp hour will do but best a bit bigger size to do the job easily.

 

Tim

[ditchcrawler]

Buy as cheap as you can open wet cell battery of about 90 amp hour to be on top of the job. Smaller say 75 amp hour will do but best a bit bigger size to do the job easily.

 

Tim

But check the terminals are in the right place and it will fit in the box.

[mrsmelly]

But check the terminals are in the right place and it will fit in the box.

 

Good thinking Batman I get carried away sometimes as space for such items is no problem on a widebeam

 

Tim

[andrea_mcguinn]

Thanks for info will have a look online. Probably be a lot cheaper that way.

 

Andrea

[ditchcrawler]

Thanks for info will have a look online. Probably be a lot cheaper that way.

 

Andrea

Probably not if you live in a good size town and have transport. We have a couple of battery suppliers round our way.

[RobinJ]

Buy as cheap as you can open wet cell battery of about 90 amp hour to be on top of the job. Smaller say 75 amp hour will do but best a bit bigger size to do the job easily.

Ideally, you shouldbe looking at cold cranking power rather than Ah. 90Ah is a good place to start, but see what variation on starting power they have! Buy a good one now, look after it and it will save you a lot of head scratching next winter!

[Titan]

Hi all,

Another daft question, but then if you don't ask you'll never know.

 

What kind of starter battery should I use for a seawolf 1.3 petrol. I have just purchased a nauticus 27 and inboards are a new thing for us with our last boat having an outboard. The starter battery we have on her at the mo seems to be on it's way out, not holding charge. So any info would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Andrea

 

 

Sometimes you can find bargains on your door step, find your nearest euro carparts or unipart, or any local motorfactor, ask for something around 600 cca power. you could find one as little as 28.00 to around 64.00 good luck,

[alan_fincher]

Is having a particularly high CCA (cold cranking amps) that important if the engine is only 1.3 litres petrol?

 

We are not trying to start a diesel here.

 

Surely any car starter battery that will fit the space, and the cables reach the terminals, will suffice?

[bizzard]

Is having a particularly high CCA (cold cranking amps) that important if the engine is only 1.3 litres petrol?

 

We are not trying to start a diesel here.

 

Surely any car starter battery that will fit the space, and the cables reach the terminals, will suffice?

Indeed a car say an old Ford Fiesta or Escort of that engine capacity would have had a 38-40'ish amp hour battery so say a 70amp would be fine and give you a bit of extra capacity.

[RobinJ]

Is having a particularly high CCA (cold cranking amps) that important if the engine is only 1.3 litres petrol?

 

We are not trying to start a diesel here.

Just experience of these relatively old engines and their cold starting history!

(They vary between 1.1 and 1.8 and are fitted with a variety of carburetors, many had cold start 6V looms fitted, tend to eat coils, plugs and often have air bleed problems in cold weather due to shrinkage on manifold or carburetor - differential metals)

[bizzard]

Watermota's Seawolf engine used originally the Ford 105E pre-crossflow 997cc petrol engine and then later used the Ford cross-flow 1100cc engine, so the OP's engine is probably an 1100 rather than the 1300 though more or less interchangeable so probably someones swapped it at some stage for a 1300cc.

[Dave_P]

I'd agree that since it's a starter battery not a leisure battery, it's the c.c.a. not the a.h. that's important. Saying that, for an engine this size about 350c.c.a. should be perfectly adequate. If the engine doesn't want to start with that I'd be wanting to service the engine.

 

As Alan said, virtually any new battery should be sufficient. If I was you I'd pop down to Euro Car Parts and pick something up for about £40 with a 3 year guarantee.

[Pretty Funked Up]

The more common the battery is in cars the cheaper it will be. I seem to remember its the type 063 that goes in the majority. Its around 80Ah and the cca will vary from manufacturers.

I'll have to double check the 063 in the day light tomorrow but it works fine on a 2.0ltr diesel so should more than cover your needs.

Edited February 22, 2013 by Pretty Funked Up