How to Identify Uses for a Lucas C9E Battery

The C9E battery is manufactured by the United Kingdom-based company Lucas Electrical. The company makes a range of auto parts, including lights, wiper blades, starters and alternators. Lucas makes different types of batteries for cars, motorcycles, boats, golf carts and toys. According to the company, the C9E is a standard 12-volt car battery. However, it can also be used to provide direct current for small electric motors such as trolling motors.

Instructions

Cars

1

Open the hood of the car the C9E may be used in.

2

Remove the negative and positive battery cables from the old battery with the socket set and lift the old battery out of the battery compartment. Note whether the vehicle has "top post" or "side post" battery cables. The C9E is a top-post battery, so it isn't compatible with vehicles that have side-post cables.

3

Measure the dimensions of the vehicle's empty battery box with the tape measure. The C9E battery is 9 inches long and 7 inches wide. If the dimensions of the vehicle's battery box are considerably larger than this, the C9E isn't the right battery for the car.

Trolling Motors

4

Locate the power cables running from the trolling motor. These are attached to the front, bottom section on most motors.

5

Hold the power cable leads up to the C9E battery terminals to see if they are compatible. Most trolling motor power cables have ends that attach to top-post batteries such as the C9E.

6

Read the power requirements on the trolling motor. These will be printed on a small sticker on the face of the trolling motor. Check to make sure the power supplied by the 12-volt C9E battery is neither too high or too low to power the trolling motor.