| Show SCORES ASTONISHED BY BV PERFORMANCE 1 OF BATTERY A HERY i Vesta Operated at Show Without Use of I I Insulation What is beli believed ved to be the only exhibit ex- ex hibit of hibit-of of Us its kind ever er made In the w world is on display in they the attractive booth I ot of Eardley Brothers at the automobile I show It is one ot of the famous Vesta storage batteries for which Eardley Brothers are distributors and is being operated at the show without the use of any insulation To the average person who has never never nev- nev er studied the construction ot of storage batteries the operation ot of a battery i without the use of insulation perhaps w would not seem so P phenomenal i But to those who are battery y wise and know the great necessity ot of I the performance of the Vesta I Is proving an extremely interesting ex- ex I hibit BATTERY STANDS ALONE II No other battery in the world has been made to work worl satisfactorily out the use of wood insulation plates I And Vesta batteries have this insulation tion in every battery that Is placed in I service Were Vere it not for the treeing of plates which science has never been I Io o able to overcome Vesta a batteries could seT serve their purpose wIthout any w wood od plate Insulators according to E. E H H. I Eardley manager ot of the company n explaining the remarkable perI performance per per- I ot of the Vesta Mr Eardley said Often in discussing storage batI batteries bat bat- I teries the terms Isolation and insulation InI In I are confused Webster defiles de- de eI e- e I fine files these words similarly but In their application to electrical matters i is is a a wide difference EXPLANATION MADE I InsulatIon Is an accepted electrical I cal term being the name given any protective covering mounting or alai ala ala- m i used In ill any electrical device to prevent the flow ot of electric current in j other than the directions desired I To insulate therefore according to electrical terms is to cover er with a Inon nonconductive material or to Interpose I same between contact points Isolation is total separation or I setting apart and while space acts as 1 insulation there is a plain distinction between isolation and insulation The plates ot of a storage battery are arranged alternately the first third I fifth etc being negative the second I fourth sixth etc being positive These plates must not touch for an internal I short circuit would result which Is IsI I ruinous to the battery Just as the points points ot of a spark plug must be kept apart so must the plates ot of a battery be isolated It If it were merely a problem ot of preventing pre pre- venting enting the floW ot of current insulation n could easily easil be interposed But current current cur cur- rent must flow from plate to opposite plate It must flow through the acid electrolyte in which the plates are Im- Im merged The electrolyte is a conductor I or 01 electricity By the use ot of patented indestructible ible isolators the plates ot of Vesta bat bat- teries are isolated not insulated Tag plates are ale apart and equidistant This even spacing while preventing short circuiting insures that each plate and each part of the surface or each plate shares the electric load even evenly Iv This Th j is because I electricity al- al 1 I wa- wa ways way's watal tal takes lh the shortt shortest P- P Pt pats t It t must st I travel evenly enly when spaces are equal i The Isolators are placed in iii slots at atthe the four corners ot the plates making I ot of the plates in each cell a rigid unit I allowing ot of no movement The rhe isolators iso iso- i are made of celluloid which is isa isa a nonconductor and impervious to tIle the action ot of the acid electrolyte They are not in the path of the current and I do not affect its flow No 10 other battery battery bat bat- tery is similarly made |
