My Lucida battery has gone and I realised my 12v leisure batteries I use at my field are the same size... can I use one in my car?
Andrea.
Battery question may be dumb but..
May 02, 2006
4 Replies
I suspect the peak output is less on a leisure battery. Having said that, I have used the one from my boat in a car when I had a knacked alternator and had to carry a spare battery to get to work and back when I ran out of electricity!
Ian
You can. But. It will do the battery no good at all. Leisure batteries are not designed for the ~100A starting current.
Is it coming back?
sQuick..
Yay and nay. It will probably work for a bit but it's designed for a different duty: to supply a moderate current and be discharged almost completely before recharging.
A car battery is designed to stay fully charged as much as possible, and to supply a humungous current when required to.
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