Battery Bank Dilema

Our newly acquired 34 has a possible battery issue that I can't resolve. I have two 12v plus two 6v golf cart batteries on board. The 6v's are wired in parallel forming one 12v and then those are wired directly to the next 12v in series creating what looks like an intended house bank. The last 12v is wired directly to the previous 12v. We have a three stage Guest charger. The charger stayed on full charge constantly and never caught up. Recently, the 6v's both turned up as dry as a popcorn fart. The 12v next to them suffered the same fate. I suspect that the 6v's should be separate and charged differently than the 12v's. Are these any electrical wizards out there with an opinion? Dan

Dan, I wouldn't rule out a defective charger. I vaguely remember Timm Lessley (Demo) had a similar problem with his batteries due to a bad charger. Rob "Bandit" Cal 40 #32 Oyster Bay, NY At 11:45 AM 7/28/2008, you wrote: >Our newly acquired 34 has a possible battery issue that I can't >resolve. I have two 12v plus two 6v golf cart batteries on board. The >6v's are wired in parallel forming one 12v and then those are wired >directly to the next 12v in series creating what looks like an intended >house bank. The last 12v is wired directly to the previous 12v. We have >a three stage Guest charger. The charger stayed on full charge >constantly and never caught up. >Recently, the 6v's both turned up as dry as a popcorn fart. The 12v >next to them suffered the same fate. I suspect that the 6v's should be >separate and charged differently than the 12v's. Are these any >electrical wizards out there with an opinion? >Dan > >