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I'm suspicious of this answer. You might be able to save some
money on wire, but you just doubled the number of cells in the
battery. In 1953, could you really save enough money on
smaller-sized wire to compensate for the increased cost of the
battery? True, each cell in the 12-volt battery could be smaller
than each cell in the 6-volt battery, but it's easier to make wire
than it is to make batteries. It seems to me the 12-volt battery
would cost more than the 6-volt battery even if it didn't use much
more material, and I don't think wire was very expensive back then.
They were still making pennies from copper back then.
I'm not saying there is no way this is the right answer, but I will
remain suspicious until I see more data.
Michael D. Edmiston, PhD.