Justhorsenround, you make me laugh.........Isn't it amazing we are alive with no major scares and missing limbs. My in series double six volt system is only attached to my 45 amp 6 v generator and 6 volt starter. Due to me being a timing and 100% fine tune up, my old 54 starts immediately on 12 volt. It has been that way for 8 years and no problem but if it doesn't start right away I don't keep on. I attribute this to a manual choke. Ahh, to be young again and stupid, now I'm old and stupid, some things never change. Ed