Hi,
I have an Engel Smart Battery Box that I wanna use with a Century Marine Pro battery. I use the battery to start a Yanmar 8hp diesel engine. Is it ok to use the battery in the box to start the engine?
thanks :)

Yamaha24ft said..
Hi,
I have an Engel Smart Battery Box that I wanna use with a Century Marine Pro battery. I use the battery to start a Yanmar 8hp diesel engine. Is it ok to use the battery in the box to start the engine?
thanks :)

As long as the battery you put in the box is designed to crank that size engine it's no problem.

Maybe also just check that the connection you use from the smart-box is rated for the current draw. Those boxes usually have a number of different outlets, not all of which can take starter amps (due to the piddly little wiring they have built-in). Yours probably has an Anderson plug (rated for 50A) and a set of screw down terminals (rated for 100A). I've no idea what your starter would draw, but I'd be using the screw terminals, or direct to the battery.