Thanks Ken - It made sense to me, but what the heck do I know. I killed my other battery!

And Jim - yes, thank god for the batt boost. Started up just fine - Vroom! no hesitation even after sitting collecting dust for the last 2+ weeks. Connections on the battery are very good. Battery just wont' take a charge, and although I haven't checked it while "cranking", based on the fact that I get nothing, I'm pretty certain it is 0. The battery is 10 years old, so I guess it doesn't owe anyone anything. It just wouldn't handle the full discharge I threw at it after all those years.

Thank you for the input - off to Canadian Tire on my way home from work tomorrow to pick up a couple of golf cart batteries & cable adapters; and then next weekend I will swap things around.

Won't have time this week - The new semester starts tomorrow and the poop will be hitting the fan pretty steadily weekdays till December. I am hoping to get out to Harrison for one rally later in September, before the snow flies and before the insurance expires.