Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-06-22 | Page 20 | Generator Not Designed to Charge Weak Battery

Ii h GENERATOR NOT OT DESIGNEE DESIGNED I T CHARGE WEAK BATTERY BAT IERY I ERY t 1 Motorist Should Keep Gener Generator Generator tor Properly F FOn Adjusted To Avoid Overcharging On Long Trips Avers Expert 1 Contrary to the he opinion 1 of car owner 0 ners the generator g Is not lIot designed to charge chargo the battery once It Is la In a ged or r ne Iv h I discharged condition ing Ing to Francis M II Scott Jr pres pres- pres- pres president ident ilent of ot the tho Henry Sutter Suiter D company operating three author author- authorIzed authorized authorized W illard serIce ser Ice at In The car cal Intended the generator to le elJ the battery charged under 01 condi condi- condition conditions conditions tion once it had been propel formed and charged charted by the I he bat bat- battery battory bat battery tery tory ben Ice station the new batter battery is correctly concH condi honed h bi 13 a it reliable I eta sta- t tb i the Hie genel ator lr It properly adjusted will usually put In as much current as is taken out or orIf orIf If the motorist makes long lone trips the may t t cn cn over over- chai o the balte This will m cause the plates plate to heat and the to Or It if ItI ItI I J the cell cells are re filled tilled too full the nill boll out which Means battery batters ri IL HILI n ciL ii In a Is 1 I full fully ed ed and the motorist contemplates It a long lone trip ho should drive In ai a I bitter orice sen Ice lIo et and bo he ad as s to the proper ad- ad adjustment d of the for uch a trip Ho no ma mn bo be told to toI tol educe seduce I the tho th charge charee lalo iato lilt e to three or tour four amperes ampere or to burn his It ail all or pait palt t of the time If It the tho th batt battery tests low 10 een e e though ii n Ii mile mlle 11 ip is the motorist t iII be ad- ad adery is ad d to bate haf C his batt battery cry ery out for tor I recharge la I-la H may Rinder a hy nh rehe he should have hi his battery re- re recharged r charged when hen hi generator orator m liI mI I easily do the th work on the I Id th he contern- contern contemplated contemplated plated trip He should d have IsIs battery recharged fir first st because ho he cannot build up the thc trinity grasity Ity otho ot of the battery battery's solution b 1 thi this p pio- pio 0 CeSS ceas and second the generator may be b charged at nt ten tar I or fifteen am pel es I 1 li too high hi h a rate and especially so hen nhen her I a battery batter Is in a discharged cot condition In such sue a n cao ca o the tho plates arty y m y be Ina InI In a bad sulphated stale slate I and out Ith out a d doubt need special ap ocial l treat treat- treatment treatment ment mont PROPER RECItAl RECIL G G A battery testing b below IO clo 1230 1 should be b taken out Ok of ot the L car carand carand and charged ed properly An Am other method nih will Ill hort shorten n Its life lite e ell though the generator might under certain conditions bring brine it U up to full charge charee When hen lie we consider consler that It ro- ro requIres re requires quires from tram 24 to 84 4 hours hour to ch a battery on a charger to fo foi the it ill 11 bo be seen scon how unlike it I is that It Itcan cal cali calbe be charged a mile trip requires probably not mOl mole e than four tour or tho fIo th 0 hours A battery i Is a 1 sick battery It 11 should not be r required to work ork until it gives up ito it last ampere Like the th sick person it should hould be laid up for tor rest rent and andt t ti not worked until t it tails s under tho the load