Show STORAGE BATTERY OFTEN NEGLECTED to continue in healthy condition it must be properly cared for by ERWIN GREER gheen president greer ore college of automotive engineering chicago lo 10 many motorists do not realize the jot job or importance of the storage battery until it falls alls them unexpectedly it Is a natural characteristic of a storage battery to fall to function properly offer after it has delivered a certain amount of energy this failure may manifest itself in III many ways but the average motorist uses his battery ns as long as possible anti and does not look for these manifestations until finally the battery quits the storage battery Is intended to do a certain amount of work it Is recel receiving sing a certain amount of energy therefore to continue in a healthy condition it must be properly used and cared for there must be a proper balance between charging and discharging it the car Is to operate satisfactorily facto rily use of car far above normal if the continuous use to which the car Is put Is far above normal the battery may be likened to a man who eats heartily but sets gets little exercise illness follows and if the condition continues battery apoplexy Is sure to result an overcharged over charged battery heats up rapidly and it if the driver does not give it sufficient use to balance the charging he must compensate somehow either by decreasing the charge or by increasing the batt erys work if the battery is being overcharged over charged the remedy Is to exercise it by turning on the lights when driving this will increase the batt erys work one of the most harmful conditions to guard against in summer Is overheating this condition always Is due to one or more of the following causes lack of water harmful neglect to keep the battery tilled filled with pure distilled water is one of the greatest evils and will shorten its life quicker than anything else it if the lei leel el of the water Is permitted to reach a point below the top of tile the plates plater the upper tipper portion Is left exposed and useless if only hulf ot of the surface ot of the plates Is cocked by the solution a normal charging rate is equivalent to twice the volume of current which should KO go through the covered portion this causes rapid overheating sin annl damage not seen at the time lime but which results in considerable expense litter later batteries are so constructed that age itself plays an important part in their destruction therefore it is not advisable to spend much money on repairing nn an old battery buy a new one and bave a fresh start some conditions condition ight m klit justify purchasing clin sing a good reliable liand battery it if such a tiling thing is possible secondhand second hand hit terie usually are appropriate prop for the wise guy generally it Is a good plan to pass them up |