Re: battery stolen
deep cycle batteries are not good for outboard electrical charging systems.
and 360 cca isnevergonna swing a 70hpo omc triple any good at all, been there tried it and its a bad idea.
just pullking the juice through gets the starter motor a lot warmer than it should do.
with a much larger more powerfull battery the starter motor stays cooler and turns quicker/faster.
as for marine batteries, the plates of marine batteries are supposed to be thicker yes, but they are not any thicker than those used in heavy duty car batteries used for diesel engines.
Many years ago it was the case that marine batteries were different, but since the diesel engines have come on a long way so has the plates in heavy duty batteries.
if you get a 70 amp h heavy duty battery with around 650 cca and weigh it on a scale, it will be around the same if not more than a
so called marine battery, a normal car battery of same dims and specs will be lighter by a few pounds.
I asked at exide batteries about this very subject, and was shocked to hear that the marine batteries are just heavy duty batteries on the inside with nice jazzy stickers on the outside.
the actual specs are the same.
Do not confuse a heavy duty with a normal petrol car light duty, the plates are much stronger in a heavy duty battery.
most speedboats have the battery in the vary back of the boat next to the transom, this area don't take as much of a battering as you might think, unless we are talking offshore high speed racing in waves.
Then its down tousing optima accumulator types of battery !! ( yes I know a battery and accumulator is different,)
