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Show Rain Frequently Cause of Mean Short Circuits When a car stops in a heavy rainstorm rain-storm suspect the distributer, the top of the coil or the plugs and wires of being wet. Water is an excellent conductor con-ductor of electricity. A driving rainstorm rain-storm will enter through ventilation cuts in the hood and often manage to produce a short circuit which stops the car as effectually as if it were robbed of its spark plugs. The only remedy is to wait for the affected parts to dry or to locate them and dry them off with rags. The best remedy is prevention. Small covers of oilcloth oil-cloth to fit over the coil and distributer, distribu-ter, similar in effect to the leather hood which usually protects magnetos, will keep out the fine water spray which does the damage and prevent an annoying stop under uncomfortable uncomfort-able circumstances. |