2oldman wrote:
dedmiston wrote:
After being stranded twice in 14 years, I won't ever take that risk again.
How old were your batteries?
OK, since you haven't answered, I'll assume old. Having 1 catastrophic battery failure is extremely rare. Having 2 is almost astronomical odds against.
That's what I'm talking about when people fear a 6v battery failure. Now, if you run them for 6 years, don't water them properly or abuse them at all, then yes, they are going to fail. But that's not catastrophic, that's operator error.