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B arney 0 POOR LIGHTS B By Barney Oldfield r t. t 1515 nt by King Kins Kin Feature lu Jl et ah Note Inc lne All ill cars now nosy n w on the market have e and the electric starting starting- and lighting Us basis of all the systems Is a 3 storage battery batten In conjunction with this isa Is IB IBa a 3 generator generator lamps and connection be between between be- be between tween generator and battery and nn battery battery battery bat bat- tery and ami lamps Heros Hero's how the system system tem tern operates At low speeds usually miles an hour the battery current supplies tho the lamps but as the speed increases the generator supplies tho the lamps and andall andI andall I all tho excess goes to feed the battery to keep It charged The Ignition Ignition Ignition Igni Igni- I tion also Is taken 01 off the the- battery batten inmost In Inmost most cases except a magneto neto I Is used When no lamps are burning all tho the generator current currant goes gocs to the battery batter and for ig In order to protect the generator from harm and also to form Corm a flexible connection between be between between be- be tween the generator g and battery there is used what Is known as ns a cutout cut cut- out This Is an nn electrical device that connects and disconnects the battery from the generator circuit At low speeds the tine cutout is open and at nt high speeds spews It Is closed There Thero are man many troubles that are likely to come In a n. system of or this kind many of or which can cnn be corrected correct correct- ed b by the car owner In the tho first place tho the Is dim lights This Is generally caused by a n. weak or undercharged battery It Is easy to find out tho condition of or tho tine battery batter simply by testing the solution gravity Hy with an hydrometer If It tests 1280 1380 1 80 to 1300 points the tho battery is O. O K and the dim lights are arc not caused b by the tho battery batter Itself The Tine terminals terminals ter ter- may be so corrected that the tho current doesn't get out If the battery IB la found in a weakened weakened weakened weak weak- ened con condition it mu must t be bc brought ht to charge either cither by running the car or orby orby orb b by having It charged at a n service sta sta- tion If 11 a n. battery persistently runs down quickly this trouble may bo be boI caused by poor connections at the tho I generator by a a. dirty worm or worm worn brushes n a cutout that sticks s poor pOOl wiring connections connection i or ba bad 1 insulation I There should be an ammeter In I every system so that you ou can tell whether tho betler Is getting a n full fult charge If It an ammeter always registers registers reg rog- and still the battery batten doesn't come up to charge then tho the trouble is In the tho battery cables or In the battory battery battery bat bat- tery tory Itself It may mn bo be worn orn out be bo bevery bevery bovery very badly sulphated have an Internal Inter Inter- nal rul short or two or a II Jar may ma bo be cracked etc ete See m my articles on battery battery bat bat- ter tery troubles for further Information Sometimes dim lights are caused b by bad connections at nt the lamps themselves themselves themselves them them- selves by poor bulbs a n. bad switch or tho the wrong kind of ot fuses Some Soo owners find That that after aCter a hard rain the lights go dim This Is due to a II I soaking of or all tho the wires and innumerable innumerable m merable rable shorts are arc set up A generator itself may bo be charging but not a I. I sufficient amount to make makeup makeup makeup up for what Is being used in starting lighting and Ignition Brush trouble latho Is la tho the commonest but If It It is found to be something olse and Internal I advise tho the owner to refrain from trying to tomake tomako tomake make mako any an repairs Often Octen a generator will be workIng fine but the cut cutout ut ma may bo he burned out or it may be out I of order for some other reason renson This i cuts out tho the battery balter entirely nn and 1 tho the 1 ammeter on tho the dash ought to show sinew no charge Sometimes however full r reliance cannot be placed on the ammeter ammeter amme ammo I ter tel because being a delicate delicato Instrument instrument I ment it gets out of order quicker than more substantial parts liko the generator generator generator gene gene- or battery The connections connection a to the motor meter ma may become and also cause cano Improper ret re lungs s When tho tine lamps burn too brightly there thero is but one reason for it ft It and this thin tv will Ill only occur when the tho engine is running fast Tho The voltage voltago Is too high This may ma be caused by the cutout cutout cutout cut cut- out not working b by a n. fuse burning out in tho the charging charging- line or by b faults inthe In Inthe Inthe the wiring Tho Tito fun fundamental fault Cault is due to the full load from the tho generator genera generator genera genera- tor going to the lamps LI Lights sometimes flicker filcher getting get lIng bright and then dim but never neer very err bright as ns though h the they were going going- to I burn out Nino times out out- of or ton this trouble Is duo to a loose bulb or a n. I loose connection somewhere though h sometimes a wire with ba bad insulation I flops around and occasionally strikes a n. metal part of oe the tho th car A had bad battery battery bat- bat tery connection will easily start this flickering At high spee speeds a loose connection at the generator ma may be beth bethe th the cause of ot the trouble t Tall Tail lights that aro wired by by bytho tho the grounded return method sometimes make a ground connection through the damp bracket et and lud If this thih bracket el Is IH loose the tho lamp either goes out or it I starts to flicker tucker The bracket must bo be solidly mounted and the thc connection I t tion Ion at ground not rusted |