OCR Text |
Show mm m eip MICE Pure Water One Factor in Life of Storage Battery, Says an Expert "Just because your atoraee battery is tucked nway out of sight, do not allow It to be out of mind " admonishes admon-ishes Henry Sutter of the WlUsjrd Storage Stor-age battery' service "Evr-n though it may look solid and durable as th rear -axle do not tak it for granted that it will last a long "A storage battery is an electrochemical electro-chemical combination and vary sensitive sensi-tive to Influences which would not affect af-fect any of ths mechanical parts of the car. Certain conditions 'will produce pro-duce results that may put it out of commission at any time during Its life ONI-; OF EVIIyS ' fine of the most harmful influences to sjusvrd against is over-heating ThH condition Is always due to one or more of the following causes: "Neglect to keep the battery filled with pure distilled water is one of th greatest evils, as well as the most common, com-mon, and will shorten its life quicker than anthinj? else Evaporation of water in the solution is continuous. "Lf the level of the water la permitted per-mitted to reach a point below the tops of the plates, the upper portion is left .posed and useless. If only one-half of the surface of the plates is cohered by the solution, a normal charging rate Is equivalent tn twice the amount of rurrent which should go through the covered portion. This cause- rapid overheating and damage not sci at the lime but which results in considerably con-siderably expense later RECOMMENDS WATER "A physician will always recommend recom-mend plenty of pure water Aiply this same principle to -uur lottery and jilwajs keep It tllK-d io chat it may do its work properl "An undercharged condition, continuing con-tinuing for some time, may be the direct cause of overheating. This starved condition may be due to the inexperience or carelessness of the driver, who does not use Judgment in operating his light or whi uses the Starter oftener than necessary When undercharged for some I'mo plates become hardened and offer1 greater reslstamo to th- charging cur-! rent. In such a case the battery mu.st be reformed at a er low rate for al considerable lime, often three or four! davs. If. therefore, a car wltha' starv ed battery Js taken on a long run, the normal charging rate will produce Intense heat In the battery to such an: extent that the plates will buckle If the battery wi re in normal -healthy J condition this would not OCClir "Your storage battery I" intended to, do a certain amount of work. It is r -fph Ine a rprLnln amount of fncrirv in I the same nianner a the human body. "There must be proper balance between be-tween feeding nnd exeroislns; If the driver is operating the car under conditions con-ditions which do not give the, battery the proper amount of exercise, he must take special precaution to insure in-sure satisfactory operation "If the use to which the car is put is far above normal, the battery ma bf likened to a man who eats heartily but gets little exercise. Illness follows and If the condition continues batter apoplexy Is euro to result An overfed over-fed battery' heats up rapidly and If' I the river does not give it sufficient exercise to balance the food he gives it. he should 'heck the temperature with a dairy thermometer from time to time particularly when doing a great deal of continuous day driving. ' Tin: temperature in the battery should not be allowed to exceed 110' degrees Fahrenheit for immediate ac-J t'on and remedy. If the battery Is b-- ii . overfed the remedy is to exerclsol it b;r keeplns; the lights burning while i driving This will counteract the over-1 feeding:." I |