Battery size for Tohatsu 50 hp TLDI

BobGlover

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The starting battery on my 50 hp TLDI Tohatsu died after three years and I'm having a hard time finding a replacement. About the largest battery under $200 I can find has a cca rating of 800 and a ca rating of 1000. The manual states that a 850 cca battery is necessary. I read that the difference between a cca and ca test is that the ca is rated at 32 deg. rather than 0 deg. Since I don't run the motor in below freezing weather, will the 800 cca/1000 ca battery work?
 

TOHATSU GURU

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The CCA is necessary to energize the ignition system. The starter will activate with virtually any battery, however, without the CCA the engine will never operate correctly.
 
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