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Show TO REPLACE CURRENT IN AVERAGE BATTERY When Overdrawn It Is Likely to Cause Much Discomfort. . Liquid in Fully Charged Battery "MM Stand "Below Zero" Temperatures Connections of Two Main Cables Must Be Tight. Average butteries are of different sizes and have capacities from 00 ampere am-pere hours tip. A pair of good headlights head-lights may discharge the battery at five amperes. This moans they alone Would exhaust a completely charged sixty-hour battery In twelve hours. To replace this current you would have to drive the car probably seven or eight hours when charging at the rate of ten amperes. An average winter cranking will consume con-sume enough current to require from Arrangement of Battery. six to twelve miles driving to replace it. An overdrawn bank account may cause mental discomfort. An overdrawn over-drawn battery account is apt to cause discomfort both mental and physical. The liquid - (electrolyte) in a fully charged battery will stand "below zero" temperatures. Tn a discharged battery it will freeze at a much higher temperature. This is reason for special spe-cial economy in cold weather. The liquid also, should be kept well above the plates. Offer a battery a drink at least once in two weeks, but in cold weather only just before a run. Water Wa-ter added to the electrolyte will mix only when the battery is charging or discharging. Before such mixing it is just clear water and will freeze at 32 degrees. The two main cable connections at the battery must be tight. Looseness here has been the cause of much hand cranking. Look at these contact posts occasionally, and if green corrosion appears ap-pears disconnect the terminals and clean all surfaces well. Corrosion working work-ing in between the post and the cable terminal or between the end of the wire cable Itself and the sleeve terminal termi-nal it is -oldered into, interferes with the free flow of current into and out of the battery. |