Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-29
BATTERIES NOT USED
TO FULL ADVANTAGE
vuor,sis Get only Aipout Two -thiris
Of service, h Relief ~ American
Battery Mnkcr~
Batteries ARE NEGLECTED.
Storage ihticry Works all the Time,
aImt Not Commonly known by
Tho Average Car owner.

Tho consensus OF opinion among
the bIg battery makers IN that Amer
lcan motorists are only getting about
two-t -thltds ~ the service out of their
batteries that they could have II
these vitally important devices re
feNcd the care and attention that
ihsy need, In the aggregate this
sas'e amounts to many millions "
dollars taken out ~ American motor
las's rockets every year
As matter ~ fact the care need
ed by the battery IN winter differs
llitlc from that of summer. except
iha, the engine always functions
sugv SHY In cold weather. the gaso-
line is heavy and there must be the
best possible spark all the time or
combustion IN faulty
In brief. the care needed by the
battery may he summed up about az
follows. II must he kept charged
and The cells must be maintained to
the proper level with distilled water.
Not "A very onerous task after all,
especially when the immediate divi-
dends returned are considered.
Must care for lhttcry.
ancc ~ the battery 1t is necessary
ltha, these simple operations should
he carried out systrmatical ana a,
stated Intervals The trouble with
mos, owners is that they fill the bat
terry up today. skip week or two,
and then wonder why the battery
begins TO show early signs OF dcte-
rloration
The storage battery that Is uni
verSilly used In automobile service
today IN commonly known as the
lead" type. This consists ~ rub
her jar In which liz a set Of plates
completely covered by "A solution OF
,ulphuric acid and water, or "A spe-
'Siflc gravity of l,30 at 70 degrees
farenhelt
The plates are OF two varieties.
positive ana negative, named nc-
cording to the direction ~ current
Flow through them. The current be
lnr generated In the battery leaves
by the positive plates and returns TO
the battery through the negative
plates The positive p'ater are In
The form OF grids. filled with n com
position OF lead peroxide, while the
negative Plates are filled with n
.pongy composition of lead.
The average car owner probably
does not realize that his storage bat
terry works all the time. when tho
curren, is being used the electro
chemical action Is intensified. hut
when the battery is not being used
the action In still going on
Itcguiar Attention Essential.
This In way regular attention is 40
(itally necessary Even II your bat
terry has been lying idle for n month
the chemical action has been going
IN inside It and the care needed
must he given or trouble follows
AZ the electric current is gcner-
a,ed by action between the filling In
I'hc plates and the liquid solution. or
electrolyte. "A certain amount of heat
also IL created. This tends 10 hasten
evaporation OF the fluid As the
ll1nid level drops and part of tho
plates arc exposed to the air the
heating IL accelerated aud soon the
srids are warped. the sepnrators fall
out. the lead composition crumhles.
and soon the battery IL entirely
ruined
Lead Sulphntc u i,y-Product.
One Of the by y-prAducis of the
chemical action In the battery 10 "a
substance known ~ lead snlpnhtc.
which is deposited on the plates This
substance takes the form of white
salt. and M the deposit grows the
.lcctrolyte geis weaker.
The fact ls. The acid IN the solution
has been driven out In the form of
lead sulphatc on the plates, II hap
pens also that as the deposit of lead
lsulphatc grows II II harder for the