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Show TAKE GOOD CARE OF CAR BATTERY It Must Be Serviced Properly Prop-erly and Given Attention Atten-tion to Work. (Br ERW1N OREEB, President Oreer College Col-lege ot Automotive Unflneerlng". Chicago. ) If you want to obtain low cost of battery service on your car you must do three things: You must have a standard battery, you must see that It Is serviced properly, and you must give it a certain amount of attention. If you consider the cost of a battery and the work It has to do, you will readily realize that It needs exactly the enre thut you give the engine. There are now on the market more than 100 different makes of storage batteries. Out of this number a good percentage are virtually worthless when compared with topnotch batteries bat-teries made by responsible concerns. The worthless ones are sometimes called "back alley" batteries, because they are made in burns, garages and shops that have no recognition. It does not take any particular skill or experience to make such batteries. The plates are purchased from one source, boxes, Jars and electrolyte from others, and so the parts are put together and the resultant called a storage battery. , Gets "Stuck'' Either Way. If the parts were properly made and correlated a good battery could be produced, pro-duced, but such a battery would then have to sell at such a stilt price as compared with the reputable makes that the alley builders could not compete. com-pete. So the motorist Is asked to buy these put-together batteries at a low price, sometimes at a high price. It does not matter much about the price, for the motorist gets "stuck" either way. If you need a bnttery, buy one made by a reputable firm. That does not necessarily mean a large manufacturer manufactur-er who advertises his wares all over the country, because there nre many smaller battery makers who haven't the distribution nor the advertising volume. The battery business is one that must be studied In order to produce pro-duce a good unit at low cost. This study calls for const nut experimental work In every branch of manufacture, and this Is something the "back alley" hnlldprs do not enre to do. Once you possess a good battery the next thing to do is to give It the care It deserves. All you have to do is to add distilled water once each week in summer and once every two weeks In winter or at such Intervals as found necessary to keep the cells tilled to level. Aside from this simple procedure see to it thut the terminals are clean and tight and the hattery as a unit Is mounted solidly In place. Distilled Water Only. Never add anything but distilled water. There are some garages and even battery service stations that will try to sell yon some special electrolyte electro-lyte to "revive" the battery. These special solutions should not be used, for while It is perfectly possible to add chemicals temporarily to revive any battery It harms tLe b.ittery In the end. If the battery Is so f:ir gone that It will not take n churge or hold a charge, special electrolyte will give only temporary relief at great cost. See tj it that the generator charging charg-ing rate Is low or high enough to keep the battery up . to clmrg . Some drivers do little continuous driving with the resu't the battery Is undercharged. under-charged. Others do constant driving and little starting nnd stopping with the result that the battery Is usually overcharged. It Is difficult to anticipate antici-pate driving conditions, therefore the wise owner occasionally has the battery bat-tery charged nt n service station. If possible go to n reputable station where the shop equipment Is adequate and where an honest opinion will he j given. Thp station can make certain tests to determine the condition of the battery and If the stntlon Is not honest hon-est the owner Is told anything at till in order that a new battery sale may be made. |