That's right Marek I have a 15Ah jump starter that I picked up for $50 from Amazon. It claims to be able to jump a car 20 times on a single charge. I've only had to use it once on a car but use it regularly on my 17hp lawn mower. Usually charge it after a couple of uses.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GX4Y9AY/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_UwExwbNFB55BK Unfortunately a battery system like this doesn't facilitate a proper permanent installation. Sure would be cheap! Josh On Dec 1, 2015 11:57 AM, "Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List" < [email protected]> wrote: > Keep in mind that the “normal” or “standard” car jump starters use 12 Ah > batteries (AGM or even Lithium), and they are big (good) enough to start a > car. So an 18 Ah battery should be more than adequate to start a small > diesel. > > Marek > > *From:* Josh Muckley via CnC-List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 01, 2015 10:16 AM > *To:* C&C List <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Josh Muckley <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List small start battery for yanmar 3hmf > > > I have purchased a "spare" 3HM35F and it is sitting in my garage. I have > some old AGM batteries which used to be rated for 75Ahs. They currently > only test at about 6Ahs. Since they were sitting around waiting for > disposal I grabbed one and hooked it up. It started the engine without a > problem. Keeping in mind that it isn't a "good" battery, it was only able > to crank the engine for a total of about 45 seconds. I think that one of > those lithium batteries at 18Ahs would probably get you a minimum of about > 3 minutes of crank time which should be more than enough. > > I'll tell you what, I'll do the testing if someone else provides the > battery. ;-) > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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