mastertangler wrote on Sep 12^th, 2014 at 5:51pm:

.....While I was removing one of the cables I noticed it wasn't as tight as it should be and tightened it and fired her up.

fixed lots of "dead" batteries over the years by cleaning and tightening connections. by cleaning i mean really getting at it; get some metal chips / filings off the clamps and terminals. something simple that is often overlooked.

good thinking having a backup in a remote location anyhow.