Re: Electric start "back in the day"….

[jimmy]

I used a common "lawn tractor" battery to crank my 18hp, and it would handle dozens of starts over a weekend. Since it is not a deep cycle marine battery, I pop it out and charge it after a couple days of use. Like Frank says, it cranks over easy and fires right up, so it is not using a lot of juice. I plan to add a solar trickle charger to keep it topped off and so I don’t have to haul it home each weekend.