Willmar tribune., 1917-05-09
ON STORAGE batteries
Electric Service Station Has Agency
For Prest-O-Lite Batteries.

Electric Service Station Has Agency
For Prest-O-Lite Batteries.
Announcement is made by Electric
Service Station of their appointment
as special Service Station for the
Prest-O-Lite storage battery in Will
mar.
Facilities have been provided for
giving expert battery service on the
Prest-O-Lite battery and for handling
charging and repair work on all makes
OF batteries.
Much importance is attached to the
free battery service which Electric
Service Station offer to all automobile
owners. In speaking of the liberal
service policy that this company had
adopted, Mr.. Harry Erickson says:
"If every automobile owner would
realize that he would get 100 per cent
better service out of his storage bat
terry by having it inspected occasion
ally by an expert battery man, there
would be fewer complaints about bat
teries going wrong.
"A storage battery needs certain lit.
tie attentions at regular intervals
not merely once month but every
| two weeks. 1t may need distilled wat.
er added to one or two of the cells. A
storage battery can't work without dis
titled water. Or it may need some
thing else of a simple but neverthe
| less very important nature.
"We are Offering automobile owners
| expert inspection and service once ev
cry two weeks, or Oftener if desired
because we feel that by carefully
watching the condition of battery al
regular intervals we will be able to de
tect the presence of conditions which
might cause trouble, and correct then
Defore the real troubles have a chance
to start.
''The action of storage battery i!
rretty much Of a mystery to the aver
age car owner. The serious thing.
that may happen to a battery are no
apparent to the eye. They are not us
ually detected until the damage ha!
been done and the battery goes on :
Strike. The effect of this is to leav,
the car owner in state of uncertain
ty. He thinks he is giving it goot
care but sometimes the battery sud
1enly and quite Unexpectedly refuse
20 work.
'At our Service Station we gladl,
inspect storage batteries on automc
hiles free of charge Our experts ar
able to recognize the warnings tha
an abused battery gives, long befor
,nything serious happens. We fee
hat the car owner who avails himsel
If this free service of ours will saw
himself many repair bills which coul
y EASILY have been avoided.
I'VE have investigated the storag
battery proposition pretty thoroly an
We found in the Prest-O-Lite batter
battery of remarkable power an
capacity. It's ability to maintain it
oltage when giving off a large vo
me of current. insuring more efficien
, operation of the electric starter,
;reater than any other battery. TIL
minimum amount of heat develope
Nv the Prest-O-Lite battery insure
longer life.
; Most motorists are familiar wit
Prest-O-Lite service as applied to ga
tanks. Thousands of users of electri
starting and lighting systems hay
'ong been waiting for the same salts
tying solution to their storage batter
troubles
when we consider the extent t
which The Prest-O-Lite Company /
developing the service end Of it's bus
ness, we decided that it was the righ
battery for us to handle.