Fortunately, I did not have a pair of 6v batteries
Well, the fact I had a pair of 12v batteries in parallel rather than a pair of 6v batteries in series kept me from having a serious problem on the road.
When I exercised the generator in June, all was well. When I tried to exercise the generator in July, there wasn't enough power to start it. The batteries were 7 years old, and I had abused them before getting rid of the MagnaJunk 7345 converter, so I figured they had died.
When I went to take them out to carry to Batteries+, I discovered that sometime in that month, while were were on a 3 week trip most likely, one end of the hot cable that bridged the 2 batteries had corroded and broken off. The ground was still bridged, so I was only getting juice from one battery. It was enough to get me through the trip without even knowing I had a problem, but the battery was too weak to start the genny.
I bought a clamp-on terminal and put it on the wire where the other end corroded off, and now I can start my genny again.
I know I am going to have to replace them soon, but it wasn't today.
When I exercised the generator in June, all was well. When I tried to exercise the generator in July, there wasn't enough power to start it. The batteries were 7 years old, and I had abused them before getting rid of the MagnaJunk 7345 converter, so I figured they had died.
When I went to take them out to carry to Batteries+, I discovered that sometime in that month, while were were on a 3 week trip most likely, one end of the hot cable that bridged the 2 batteries had corroded and broken off. The ground was still bridged, so I was only getting juice from one battery. It was enough to get me through the trip without even knowing I had a problem, but the battery was too weak to start the genny.
I bought a clamp-on terminal and put it on the wire where the other end corroded off, and now I can start my genny again.
I know I am going to have to replace them soon, but it wasn't today.
