SeaHawk 12V Marine/RV/Commercial Starting Battery

Deka/SeaHawk Marine Starting Battery In the starting mode, a gas or diesel marine engine (inboard, outboard or auxiliary type) places a demand for high amperage, or starting current, to "crank the engine" up to starting RPM. This high starting current must be delivered quickly and for as long as thirty seconds at a time, month after month after month. Otherwise, the engine cranks too slowly and may not start at all...especially if the battery has been sitting for long periods, is extremely hot, has been drained by an auxiliary load, or the engine is in an untuned condition. In any event, you can't start. All you can do is float. Why risk a potentially dangerous "no-start" condition by purchasing an inexpensive, "bargain basement, sale of the week," so-called marine battery? Many times these inexpensive batteries are nothing more than cheap car batteries with fancy marine labels. Yes, they may work for a while...but sooner or later they will let you down...at the worst possible time, in