Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-03-31
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faalts Cf storage hstseries wcnia
aay:
IA storage battery needs attention.
as does i child, Il sh0nld be looked
after every week 20 ses Il Il needs
water. distilled water only. a. hydrant
water and we'll water contain ssach
substances Is iron and other iEnpar-
tiles which ii i e0urse Og time viii -
pOsls 81 tie negative plates and In
lure tne naetery % not comp etely
axhause hattaYy and les q staad any
length De time 80 II will affect the
rOsifive plakaa. h will cause them 70
buckle 10 smIpbake ami aled its acting
material in5urtng the life Of the plate.
Never charge at 4 rapid rate, as every
manufacturer gives charging rate 20
start, and slow nniahing rate, this Is
done To prevent the battery fr0aa heat
Ing. and il this III not done then both
the negative and positive plates will
surely buckle
what does the meaning Of buckied
pIates mean 70 storage battery? II
means this. the plates set brittle, the
life of the acting material has been
shortened, Ii takes i longer time to
chargea one ceH may read in 8. r g..
higher or lower, the voltage in each
cell viii not correspond with each
other. Never add any kind of acid 10
your battery. II your battery Il low,
add little distilled water 10 each cell
until IL comes MP over the plates about
half inch. Ii case you have spilled
great deal OF acid eiectrOlyte, then
take your battery to an expert and ne
viii remedy It for you. Do not take e
to 4 man who thinks he knows all
about battery and let him ruin II for
you 81 nine cases out Of ten, that's
what will happen.
Have your battery taken apart and
your plates washed clean and the Jars
cleaned out, ais the plates IN the course
of eight months will shed enough act
Ing material which viii fall down To-
the bottom OF the Jars and get high
enough to touch the plates and cause
short circuit. badly inJuring your
battery. and probably be fatal Il LETT
In such condition any length Of
time. II means that your battery will
not take full charge and cause heat-
ing and buckIfng of your plates, she'd
ding of acting material and sulpher-
afing of the plates which IL Injurious.
the cause Of this Is from completely
discharging your battery and letting
1t stand idle, and letting water get be-
low the plates, sulphate forms moatly
{ on the negative plate and may be re-
moved BY charging your battery at q
slow rate and Overcharging little.
the sulphate Will gradually drop or.
ISulpnated plates can readily be
known by the white patches. II is
n0n-cOndMctor. and the cell will not
build mp with the others. II Will be
below ID voltage and will set hot.
Don't take your battery to any garage
| tn have II charged. because he has
some means To do II with.
You know II takea d mechanic who
speciaIixes in batteries, as storage
battery Ii like sick person, nobody
can tell what Is the matter with them
until they get the doctor The patient
needs doctor and SO does storage
battery. You don'E expect barten-
der, d bricklayer. or d plumber to
know what ails q storage battery. It
takes an expert mechanic to look after
it. Look your garages over, you can
tell, as most of them read about 3
storage battery, then he thinks he
knows ali about them, but believe me.
i tell you, he IL Just the man VINO Will
ruin your battery FOR you; book
knowledge he got on storage batteries
amounts To naught, simply because he
has been lsarning facts that will mis-
lead him
Experience and long practical work
is what counts, II the automobile own
er only knew what an enormous price
new battery will cost them, he
would exercise his mind little and
take care whom be lets fool with Mis-
battsFy. The automobile owner does
not know the life OF q storage battery
to-day. The manufactures are The
people that are making & mint of
money on the automobile owner. they
are putting On the market batteries
that viii live only from ten to eighteen
months, Why because the people do
not know the reason ana>I viii say
this, AFTER that period they wont take
q full charge and won't last s week
What ere tas results. you lake It to
TIE manufacturer 0g one oa their SER
vice stations and ne viii tell yDa there
that your batssry wonT take charge
and yon need new one He elbows
ron frnm SI.KD to 500 ca pour old
one, and the new one he sells ron TOR
SIS. Why Il It fhaE Yoar battery
wont last any longer shan from tan to
eighteen monkhs VIII he tsIf you the
truth No We wouk, hA glves yon
some hlRA that you did this anA that
to Il. OF yoa caFriea tt to some bone
haad gaxage and he rained Il Cor yoa-
nag to amf0snOhfae 0wmeEs tbs
manufacture Is gOsagEng the sOpie to-
day. the suaRgn know they are ! can
prove & 81 y0gi, Hgat tney are putting
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