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Show TAKE CARE OF AUTO BATTERY IM WINTER Delicate Piece of Apparatus Will Soon Depreciate. It Should Be Kept Fully Charged and Not Allowed to Freeze Engine Should Be Run at Regular Periods Pe-riods to Charge. Many automobile owners do not realize real-ize the Importance and necessity of giving their starting and lighting batteries bat-teries proper attention In the winter. The battery is a delicate piece of apparatus ap-paratus and if mistreated will very quickly depreciate. Two things are of Prime impor tance: The battery should be kept fully charged and it should not be allowed al-lowed to freeze. A battery when standing Idle for any length of time gradually loses its charge. Therefore if the car Is not run regularly during the winter, in order to keep the battery bat-tery fully charged, the engine should be run at regular periods to charge, or else the battery should be charged from an outside source of current This should be done every two or three weeks. The state of charge can be easily read from a specific gravity hydrometer syringe, which can be purchased pur-chased for about $1 from an auto supply sup-ply dealer. A reading of from 1,250 to 1,300 indicates full charge. The reading is indicated by the numbers on the hydrometer at the level of the liquid. If the battery is fully charged It is not apt to freeze when tlie tempera-tre tempera-tre is above zero, Fahrenheit. It is best, however, to take the battery from the car and into the house in extremely cold weather. External charging can be done from an electric lamp socket If the current Is direct, by the use of a resistance to limit the current going into the bat tery. If the current is alternating, a rectifier must be used to make it direct. |
