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Show IITllf NEEDS some npi Service Station Expert Tells of Cause of Frequent Annoying An-noying Troubles. "One of the commonest causes of undercharged, batteries," says the service station manager of the Inter-Mountain Electric company, Salt Lake's Wlllard service station dealer, "is loose or dirty connections. "It Is a good scheme to go over the wiring every once in a while, particularly between generator and battery," he added. add-ed. "If there is a loose connection anywhere any-where along the line,' it hinders the flow of current and will, in time, starve the battery. "When It is found that a connector is loose at the battery, the best plan is to take out the bolt that holds it in place, take off the cable, rub both of the contact surfaces with sandpaper, bolt the two parts tightly together and finally coat all the exposed lead parts with a thin film of vaseline. You will then have a good tight joint, and at the same time will provide protection against the corrosion that would otherwise result if .any acid happened to spill on the lead. "Tf motorists would acquaint themselves with a few of these more simple precautions, precau-tions, a great deal of unnecessary trouble and expense would be avoided. There are many cases, however, when the services ser-vices of experts are needed. At such times the best and cheapest thing to do is to drive around to a service station and consult the men who are qualified to render expert service. "Steadily the business of the Inter-Mountain Inter-Mountain Electric company's servioe station sta-tion has increased, until the present quarters are becoming inadequate. It was this condition which prompted the management to purchase the new site for the erection of an addition to the company's service station. When this building is completed and work on it will be commenced immediately we will be able to boast of one of the most complete com-plete and up-to-date service stations in the entire west. In these enlarged shops the finest equipment and repair machinery machin-ery procurable will be installed. The firm will then be able to give expert service ser-vice oovering all the national lines for which we are distributors. These inalude many leaders both in automobile accessories acces-sories and electrical supplies." |