Show DONT DON'T OVERCHARGE BATTERY WITH m LONG SUMMER TRIPS Burn Lights On Long Trips to Avoid Ruining Storage Battery Is Advice Of Automobile Expert I I Many motorists do not realize the function ot of the storage batt battery ry until It tails falls them unexpectedly une I I says Erwin Greer of the Greer Au Automotive school It It Is a natural characteristic of a storage batter I to fall fail to function properly after It has baa delivered a certain amount of energy This failure may manifest Itself in many ways but the a ner B er age motorist uses his battery as long as possible and does not loot look for Cor these manifestations until n Li ashy nally the battery quits CONSTANT CARE The storage battery Is Intended to do a certain amount ot of work It Is receiving a certain amount of energy e to continue In Ina Ina Ina a healthy condition It must be properly used and cared for There must be a proper balance between charging and discharging it If the car is to operate satisfactorily If It If the tho continuous use to which the car Is put Is far above normal the battery may be likened to a aIDan aman aman man IDan who ho ho eats heartily but gets lit lit- little littIe lit little tle tIe exercise Illness follows and It IL the condition conditio continues battery Is sure to result An over over- overcharged overcharged charged battery heats beats up rapidly and It IL the driver does not give It sufficient use to 10 balance the chargIng charging chargIng Ing he must compensate somehow either by decreasing the charge or orby orby orby by Increasing the battery's work i TURN ON LIGHTS If the battery Is being over overcharged overcharged overcharged charged the remedy Is to exercise It by turning on the lights when driving This will bill III Increase the bat bat- battery's battery's tery's ork ork One of the most harmful conditions to guard against In summer is overheating 0 o This Condition al always ays is due to one or more of the following cases Failure to keep the battery fill filled filled filled ed with pure distilled water is one of the greatest evils and will III short shorten shorten shorten en Its life lICe quicker than Iban anything else PLENTY OF WATER It If the level of ot the water is per permitted to reach a point below the tops lops of the plates the upper por Is left exposed and useless IL If half halt of the surface of ot the plates Is covered by the solution a norma normal charging rate rale Is equiv equivalent alent to twice the volume of ot cur cur- rent which should go through the covered portion This causes rap rapId rapId rapId Id 0 overheating and damage not seen at the time but which results In considerable expense later Batteries are so constructed that age Itself plays an Important I part In their destruction There There- Therefore Therefore fore lore it is not advisable to spend I much moneY on repairing an old battery Buy a new new one and have havea a fresh start 00 |