Ahoy List, I sure didn't mean to stir up a controversy on this Holiday season. I am visiting my daughter now, shall return in a week and shall want to know what is a combiner. To further clear up a point. The gen-set battery fails because I use the gen-set so little. Now when I need the generator, such as a power failure at the marina, of course, I'd like it to start. I am at limited Internet usage here so I'll defer this for now, I thank all for the quick response. Ciao, Capt. Joe Guarino KK-3673 **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)