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Show O . Q MISUSE OF CAR BATTERY How a battery will become discharged from misuse: Frequent starts with short runs. Insufficient Input to battery on account of short runs at low speed. Use of headlights while standing stand-ing at the curb. Ignition switch left on battery over night. Unnecessarily high candle power lamps, including spot light. Lamps left burning over night. Moving in garage or elsewhere else-where on the power from battery. bat-tery. Prolonged attempt to start in cold weather without priming and without warm water In radiator. ra-diator. Prolonged attempt to start without Investigating engine troubles, such as : Poorly adjusted ad-justed carburetor; dirty or cracked spark plugs; gummed and sticky valves; carbon. Starting and lighting system: Worn generator brushes ; sticking stick-ing of points In automatic cutout; cut-out; loose belt (leather); loose connections. Loose connections, generator, motor or battery terminals, fuse box, ground wire, switch or spark plugs. Grounds, due t loss of wire insulation through chafing. Corroded battery terminals. Infrequent testing and water filling of battery. O |