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Show Do Not Run Motor With Battery Out of Place Never run the engine with the storage stor-age battery out of the car or disconnected, discon-nected, unless you first see to It that the generator Is rendered inoperative. Whenever the generator is being driven by tho engine it Is delivering current to the battery, but If the battery bat-tery Is not In the circuit It Is not hard to understand that the generator will build up a voltage which will very soon damage or burn out the windings, to say nothing of what it might do to the commutator and brushes. Even if the battery is defective and will not charge, it should be left connected con-nected to the electrical system until It is replaced by another battery ; that is, if the engine lr- to be run in the meantime. Or, if no substitute battery bat-tery is obtainable for use during the time the other battery Is undergoing repair, the car can be run without fear of- damage to the generator if the field winding Is disconnected. In some eases the generator Is of the type having thermostatic control, and this requires the short circuiting of the generator, usually across the terminals. ter-minals. Motor Life. |