The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-05

~ pc given perfect satisfaction 10
the owner, II has to be adjusted IN
ahat owners course of life.
/ This period of adjustment n;yht
easiiy be compared to the first three
'hohths Of a storage battery's life.
When we advise a mar r. raan
- touch with a service station, par
t'eaiafiy during the first three
months OF the battery's life, we do
aot expect that his battery is going
70 break down in that period any
more THAN any other period; but we
40 Know that in majority Of cases
! some small changes are needed in
the electrical equipment. The gem
orator might need adjustment. We
ADVISE IT. The battery may be half
discharged when the owner gets II
we feeharge it. The owner NAV be
using great deal of power in crank
ing and lighting his car. but not
running the machine far enough
70 Offset this. We advise him.
In other words the first three
months or a battery,s life is a period
OF adjustment and we claim that iii
any battery gets over this, like the
watch that has been adjusted, 1t will
give its owner the best satisfaction.
The similarity does not end here.
The owner of the good watch. even
latter it has been adjusted to his
special needs, continues to keep in
touch with the jeweler. Minor reg
ulations may be needed, or even
|if they are not, the owner knows
1t is a good thing to have an expert
look into the delicate mechanism
once III while.
Railroads are particularly strict
in this matter and compel their en-
ployes to have their watches inspect
ed regularly.
In the same way the owner of
an automobile should see that his
storage battery is looked at regu-
larry by a battery expert. Even
though no adjustments are neces-
sary, this measure of precaution
may head off trouble. Bright lights
and snappy start are of as much
Importance to the motorist as al
watch correct to the second is to a
railroad man.
Al regular intervals, probably
once a year, high grade watch has
TO be taken down and cleaned Even
if this were not done the watch
still continue to run but whether il
would give as satisfactory service
and keep as accurate time, is open
fo question.
AT regular intervals the storage
lattery should be taken apart and
Inspected, The battery. like every
thing else, wears out in time, but
the wooden insulators are shorter
lived than the rest OF the battery.
Hence, replacement of these is nee
essary before the battery has run its
natural life If the battery is torn
down and the insulation renewed
during the winter, say, the owner
is assured period of satisfactory
service without further repairs. If
the insulation is allowed to go UNI
til ii is absolutely broken down, the
battery becomes short circuited, and !
may be ruined.
In other words. although the
motor ear owner is able to fill his
own battery with distilled water
and make the hydrometer, ammeter
and Thermometer tests, he should let !
3 battery expert look into it at regu-
lar intervals once a month at least I
This is rot a hardship by any means I
fer the battery service stations are
scattered all over the country. The !
Willard Storage Battery Co. alone |
has over $50 of these, each under
the control of a battery expert
II don't think that I'm putting
It too strong when | say that ex-
pert inspection is as necessary to
battery satisfaction as distilled wa