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Old 07-23-2014, 05:18 PM
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Any ideas on how many cca or mca I need in a starting battery for a 1985 40hp Johnson?

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Old 07-23-2014, 05:23 PM
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Any ideas on how many cca or mca I need in a starting battery for a 1985 40hp Johnson?

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Any standard marine cranking battery ought to handle that task. 500-600 CCA
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Old 07-24-2014, 06:12 PM
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Remember the higher the cca the shorter the life.

The higher cca batts. have more plates and creates more fouling of said plates and really although I sell 1000cca for Big Trucks our area really does not need super high cca at least not for many years.
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Old 07-25-2014, 09:14 AM
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Halli I'm a little confused. You're saying a battery with higher cca will wear out faster due to being a higher cca? Won't I need a higher cca for when it's 32* and below for starting during duck season?

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Old 07-26-2014, 06:49 PM
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The higher cca I believe has more lead plates and usually won't last as long
as for having to have a high cca 500-700 is more than enough in our region at least it is for diesel trucks.

Here is s link to a site that might give some info but it is a little TMI.
http://batteryuniversity.com/
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Old 07-27-2014, 02:16 PM
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I sell battery marine batt and car batt marine have less lead plates spread out auto motive have high density plates closer together marine batt last 3 to 4 years with proper maint a standard 800 cca willserve u well
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