The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
MOTOR BOAT BATTERIES
a NAN DOIN0 4 JOB or W.T.
ING ANSWERS QUESTIONS.
Tell, the Committee my me noaap
Electric Equipment h Nee DiRsFeut
nrasons for Dry Cells and Dell
wire Instead % SOmething Else.

motor boat wiring W ak dry cells with
a!actuc rod wire Whenever any ous
i doing anything toward getting such
q hoa' ready for Use a group 10 critics
ga'arrg nv his sids and asks him why
instead 81 what he IL doing be doesn't
do This or that. such a group has come
20 - known a. the committee.
When the COMMITTEES saw the man uslnS
lell wire for wiring up the dry calls one
- them asked why he didn't get some
good insulated wire and do the job night.
Heing in an arable mood he replied:
Good insulated copper wis In threc
IT four times NJ thick NJ this wir~ h.,
and the thicker u Is the morn likely IL
u 20 Joggle loose when the boat Il running.
" Il does that thu battery sparks whers
tho ioggIa u and not in the cylinder
4 should think said one Of the com
mi'tes after a while. that you would
make your battery waterproof by an
ing tho battery box with parafin. Then
Won could sink IL in the bay without
hurting
Water il almost az good a conductor
~ copper wire. and battery OF oells
cast in rRraffin would be exhausted under
water just AZ quickly as IL there wasNnC
paraffin in the box. Paraffin insulatee
the cells from one another and prevcnh
Jogging hut some wads OF newspaper
or wrapping paper rolled up and packsd
around the coils answer the same pair-
po=..-
-bui Why do you use dry cells at am"
another of the committee asked. why
don't yog get a good storage battery
and hav" tho right thinR7-
\ good storage battery replied ths
man Weighs from fifteen 20 twenty
pounds | should have 20 tote it 70 where
cNu.d ga Il recharged. wait two days
and hug u hacS n thsy didn't happento
ArpN or were careless about the current
u..d "a -coha,ginC they would destroy
the rs.'rrv-
How about wet battery that you
could -rn"w ~ou r-nlf for five OF six centsf-
4 rod ere IA a sixteen foot launch. !
lcft 3D." Loaf close lnshore at high water
md When the tide went out she listed over
and go battery liquid ran out IL ateup
hc uuCl"r.n fOor covering ard part OF
lro hpHrd hnuring-
~ r't H5s fool questions said still
What : would advise the capn 10 do is
T., ~, o. = coed rnasr eto. use a battery
- j'' Us i.r starting and have no fur
.."- '.DlIie
va - Iflf u 'ThKtltNps Nue 1lAn to
lrd Is n" H'-ish"h mp his wiring job and
'Hd "a" 'a'fn~v with four candle
n" hight N'Il6. and ! gave u away
U.s.. -r' srsi were cut and had TO be re-
',i0-..l the c1gr-nuiator wore down until
hero vaE no Insulation: the insulation
sl -. h-'ishes failed 20 insulate. the belt
Hut .sr'1islr.g and when | substituted O
i.iHtion rIllNy that wore out. and when
ne sing UaT-'t out OF commission and
vt' making ., ~ revolutions minute
DO. L 49, -
'Pc,lrrH = ttc many ways in which
2 could get 0ut - order IL gave me more
tother thar all the rest - tho out:it gave
20
t"r 'ne s"ar1n'- some one asked.
\ u"o two eets ~ Eve cells eAch-tsn
,-e'h, ~ - C'.ntE esch.
W. Il are the best Celfs
Generally sp0 aking. the newest brands
Thar. q. lot ~ rivalry in the trade Any
a'- hr7nd - apt ~ h. good A few
H-tnd- haV" k"It up their standard Of
goodness. others have been oheapened
and odd on their reputation until they
h"raiHs 80 poor that nobody would buy
th"u " this respect the dry coll bust.
nass has been Conducted somewhat like
m" cigarette businees
DO all engines cost the same for bat
'rry'- ask a landluhler who had Joined
The conri;te-
TWO cylinder motor Is@s twice a
much barter, ~ ona cylinder Of the
sa,nn rnak'. = four cyiInd four times
~ iH'sh 40 . one 4 four cycle motor
" Is raif a. much as a two CYCLE. because
10 parks ONO ~ two revolutions instead
4 every revolution
-Fcru~rlv ~ battery the man who
Wa handing ont information went on,
dru Eds a. COurs" upon he sparkling
i'yI.r Generally speak, jump spark
~ ia. more battery thap a make and
ur'at, sometimes called a snap spark
Tho amount Of current used depends
rl'son thc length Of time during which
~ battery circuit il closed On this
h''iH IUu.1 spark motor there ~ rotary
timer q wh", trimmed with Insulating
urr. hRyllg . section II bronze Ia IL
N hIl" thu. metal part - passing under
tn" contact plug 10" current - being
Cunsru. 4
Tho metal section - about one-1ix-
tf..rth 81 th' U"rIrherN " the timer disk
buriug on"-.INteenth Of the revolution
II tho hvwh"oi n shower ~ sparks Il
rllyul, b.'i.N''u tn" electrodes at the
, nd nf the SPARK lux within the motor
- ..ui,r. d.. explosion chamber
80 q lI.np sDart rig the shower ~
s-.s.g, .'t.igs % "a" moIlen' ~ complet-
Irg the circuit and lasts tIll tho circuit 10
hruk"u In r. MAD" AnC break rig there
r, .ui on" spark Tor each explosion. II
takes pa" not when the circuit 10 COM
Ilat.d bu' when L ~ broken
\ gOoi make and break rig closes the
circuit about - Of a revolution before
breaking th" circuit Thus 10 consumes
about hall 'he amount OF battery per
cyiudrr 'Nat such a jump spark device
~ am using consumes But there are
lI-up spark dsv ses that do not consume
ua''"ry more than i-0 Of the revolution
ana ta"re ar" POORLY constructed make
and break contrivanoes that consume
curror' during quarter or more NJ the
fIru
The man who had wired up his battery
and had Just finished sorewing on the
cover Of tho battery box look ed up AZ he
80 sell sU~rl,ing aud saw that all Of the
comm t'es had disappeared save one man,
who had r.f spoken before This man
-aid
Thank YOU I'm getting a little motor
lGat and haven't been able 20 decide
atyout battery and the rest 81 the ignition
OUTFIT I think that wheE ! 20 around
max ng further inquiries ! shall he able
80 put mp q pretty fair blih of knowing
-ornethy ig on the subject
GREFHOI Nd JOINS COYOTES.
pet ~ IN oregon Farmer That Responded
Go the CAu Of the Wud.