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Show "HEART DISEASE" COMMON AILMENT Storage Battery Is One of Most Important Units of Car, Yet Often Overlooked. MANY ARE STARVED TO DEATH To Secure Long Life It Should Be Charged and Discharged Frequently Frequent-ly Careless Owner Soon Makes It Piece of junk. It is a very peculiar fact, but nev-rtheless nev-rtheless true, that a hard-headed business man will invest three or four thousand dollars in a motor car and then cease to take the necessary precautions pre-cautions In safeguarding his investment. invest-ment. The storage battery is one of the most important units of the car, yet It Is a device which seldom receives the proper attention, writes B. W. Cooke, president of a Chicago trade school. All that the average owner knows about this unit is that it requires re-quires a certain amount of distilled water occasionally. I have often seen Storage batteries in use that did not receive even occasional attention. Literally they were starved to death. Heart of Automobile. The battery may be considered the heart of the automobile and when it iails the car stops. When the engine is in good condition condi-tion it will start within fifteen seconds. sec-onds. If it does not, then the operator opera-tor should locate the trouble before lie abuses the storage battery. When the starting button is pressed, as much as 200 amperes of current may be drawn from the battery. This means excessive chemical action in the battery and if continued for any length of time the battery is sure to overheat. Sooner or later the battery becomes a useless piece of junk In the hands of the careless car owner. Excessive use is one extreme. The other is when the battery is used but little and the car much. Charge and Recharge Often. To secure long life in a storage battery bat-tery the unit should be charged and discharged frequently. If you should find that you are overcharging your battery turn the tail light on occasionally occasion-ally during the daytime, or even when you leave the car at night. This will serve to drain the battery slightly and keep.it in condition. Always bear in mind that your battery bat-tery can be likened to a wooden pail. If It Is drained too much, it will be like a pail left In the sun; it soon falls to pieces. , It is the storage battery man's duty to keep your battery in condition. He Is the man who can "pour the water out of the pail and fill it again." Every Ev-ery time you pay him 50 cents it is an Investment that pays big dividends. divi-dends. Remember this. Don't let your car have heart trouble. |