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August 11, 2018 at 3:45 pm
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It doesn’t do the battery any good – the choke solenoid is approx 6/10 ohm which draws 10 amps at 6 volts. Spiking a lantern battery like that may cause it to develop leaks, and, like Garry said, it won’t last long. An alkaline lantern battery is a mess of AA cells wired in a series/parallel configuration. A carbon-zinc lantern battery may not work at all.
Dave