Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-03-31

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brake bands on my car?
Possibly the brakes need refining.
When worn down they usually are
noisy. Also SHIN up the suspension
nolnts so that there will be no lost
side motion. 1t is advisable to use
small coil springs to keep the suspend
oil parts from hitting the brake drums.
When throttle down the motor of
nv car for two or three minutes and
then open the throttle the motor seems
to choke and sometimes will stop alto
qether. Can you tell me the trouble?
Your trouble Is in the carburetor.
Would suggest your trying a new
auxiliary air valve spring. Also in
spect float and float valve and note If
same work freely and properly.
The other day | started to operate my
car after having had it in the garage
for four months, during which time the
battery ran down. A man told me that
II would do no harm to the electrical
end to 90 ahead and run the car with
out having a battery in it to take care
of the current, saying that if had no
battery to receive the current 1t could
not generate any. Later on met an
other man who said that ! should not
run my car a mile without a battery in
il because by so doing | would burn
the wiring put of the dynamo, because
was generating current and that
without the battery there to receive it
would put my electrical apparatus all
out of commission. Which opinion is
correct?
In the first place, you were wrong in
leaving the battery In the a for a Pc
riod of four months, during which time
the battery was allowed to run down.
The battery should have been given an
extra charging at occasional intervals
in order to keep the specific gravity up
the standard, which is between 1875
and 1900. In laying up the storage
battery for the winter 1t must be re-
membered hat the battery as used for
electric starting and lighting or for
electric lighting only is strictly an cleo
trochemical apparatus and requires a
certain amount of care whether idle or
in actual service. Therefore if the car
owner will peal this In mind and fol
low the directions given herein he
should have little difficulty in keeping
the battery in good condition during
the winter months. II the battery Is
always filled to the proper height and
kept fully charged within the limits Of
the stae6ard 1.2S0 to 1926 it may be
safely considered as being in healthy
condition. Every a owner should
have a ~hydrometer syringe to use in
determining when the battery is fully
charged, and it will also be found con-
venient to use in filling the battery
with water.
Inspect the battery once every two
weeks and take a gravity reading of
the electrolyte with the ~hydrometer
syringe to determine the strength or
capacity of all cells, after which fill
each cell to the level of the inside COW
err with pure distilled or clean rain
water. You should run the engine for
a period of two or three hours, as nee
essary, until the gravity has reached
1880 in all cells. The engine should
be operated at a speed equivalent to a
car speed of fifteen to eighteen miles
per hour. You may find it impossible
to charge the battery on account of
the necessity of placing the car in
storage. In this event, if alternating
current is available, a small vibrating
rectifier can be used. This can be at
tached to the wall and connected to
any standard lamp socket. Charging
the battery overnight, or twelve hours
every two weeks would be enough.
If you do not want to be bothered
with the are of the battery while the
car is not used you may send it to
the nearest battery service station,
where it can be treated for dry stor-
age, providing it is in healthy condi-
ton when sent.