The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-09-03
SIGNS POINTING
TO BAD BATTERY
Practical Hints on What to Do
to Get Long Life and Good
Service From "JuiCe" Box.
WARNING WILL Be ADEQUATE
II Car Is Run Much at Night Current
May Not Be sUfficient--when
Charging System Fails Have
u Attended to.

Sooner or later your electrical
system will fail to charge the battery.
When that happens your engine viii
begin to miss explosions and shortly
after will refuse to run. Before this
calamity oVertakes you there will be
plenty OF warning. The lights will ~
down more than usual when the
starter Is used, They will erighieg
when you tpeed up the engine and
grow dim when you slow down. These
signs point 10 q weak battery and
should not be disiemrtied. II you
have been 6bssrraht you will have
noticed HAT the ammeter registered n
low charging rate. This indicates that
the generator is not charging as II
should, But the fault may he In the
tfrlVer and not In the generator at all.
II the starter or the lights are used too
much the current will he drawn from
the battery faster than II is being
charged So note that your batter!
gets the proper balance. II the car
Is run much at night the battery may
engine more during the daytime, 81
as 10 replace the current that has been
drawn from II.
When Charging System Fails.
If the charging system has failed
due 10 some defect. have II ATTENDED
10 nj a service station, and have tho
battery charged Immediately Som,
owners prefer tO charge thc'r own
batteries from the lighting system IN
the house. This is n practical method
and one that will grow, especially
where service stations are not avail
able.
II II not expensive II may he con
neCted 10 any lamp socket using 10
volt current. This may he direct ~
alternating, me apparatus differing
according 10 which current is used
For direct current rheOstat is EN-
piOyed which brings the current dowr
20 the right nmperes, usually tel
amperes for the average battery
used on n starting and lighting system
For alternating current rectlfiel
must he used to give direct curren
and to give the right ampeTage. TIT
positive Of the battery must he con
nPcted 10 the positive lead from IN
apparatus and the negative ~ halter!
20 the negative lead. This runs M
charging current into the positive q
I'm Thn lac
composition ~ the plates. Then. wher
The change Is complete. charging f
stopped and the current mny he draw
from the positive In tho ""'nl mnnncr
Prepare for Charming.
Before churgir" you mH,t see thu
the clcctrulyte covers TIE plates. Norl
Ing bm distilled -arr: should ever 10
| added for this purpose aud then ont
after the battery is chnrrod The rlcr
Irolytr should cover the plates AZ lcas
% quarter ~ an inch mt ~ times. Ilu'
| iug inspected and corrected mis- cnnd.
ton. the filling caps should be r.
moved 10 allow the gas to escape
| Then adjust the nwpcr"-e uccordin
tu the capacity Of the battery. .
discharged battery should start charn
Ug ut ono-tenth capacity. Thus a 10
| umpere-hour battery should start Il
ten ampercs; sixty umpere-hour q
sin dmperes. In an hour or so n
| hydrogen gas will start TO come Ul
very freely. This Is known ms gaSsn
or boiling When II gases freely yO
diminish the charging rate one or tw
nmperes. The battery viii be FUN
charged when the clectrolyte read
1,275 to 1900 on the hydrometer, TIL
win take about ten hours. The vol
meter reading will be about seve
volts, but the hydrOmeter test Is NOR
satisfactory.