Some how I knew you were talking WC or WD Jerry. Lot of people just threw a 12v in there, me included. No bulbs burn up, and as long as you didn't crank the starter too long at a time it didn't hut it. I think my 216 actually is slower to fire off on 12v then it was on 6v.

Last edited by LeeP; 07/24/2018 11:36 AM.

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