Arizona republican., 1922-01-15
soon become faniliar to large
number Of local car owners.
COMMON SENSE IS
RULE GOVERNING
BATTERY DESIGN

In these days of new inventions
much attention has been attracted
by experiments conducted in the
storage battery field, together with
the results of these experiments in
the shape of new type batteries
which have been placed on the mar
ket. Much criticism has been leveled
at certain of the departures from the
regulation orthodox practice in bat
terry design and construction. while
some'of the new types have real adj
vantages which cannot be put aside
as catch penny ideas. In speaking of
this matter recently. Chet Morrell
of the Titan Battery company, Gill
battery distributors. stated that much
had been said by the extremes on
both sides. "The dyed-in the-wool
orthodox will tell you that a battery
plate cannot be warped. and the 'un-
ethical enthusiast will tell you that
nothing in battery will warrant
any kind Of guarantee stated
Morrell. However, there is a mid
die ground that must be taken in
justice to common sense. and while
am going to cite the Gill battery as
an example of constructive battery
engineering, still we do not condemn
every battery man who does not
agree with us or the product we sell.
"The Gill battery is not of freak
design or construction, as some
might have you understand. II uses
the lead plate and sulphuric acid So
luton, as do most other batteries,
and it must be recharged when it
runs down. But in the Gill. common
sense has been given its just due.
The plates are high, thick and mar
row. and are assembled tcrosswise in
the jars instead of lengthwise. Hard
rubber divided strips hold them apart
at theHdges. BY virtue of this con-
struction, perfect circulation of the
electrolyte is obtained. electro-chem-
ical action is uniform over the entire
area of the plates and the battery
is endowed with a remarkable re-
Operative power. In fact. it will re-
charge in two thirds the time re-
quired by the battery with separa-
tors
Morrell states that In a battery
containing the old style separator
construction, the buckling or warping
Of the plates is as easily done as
taking cold. why have them at
all?" he asks.
"For many years battery manu-
facturers have been spending money
in developing and advertising new
wrinkles in separators Tor storage
batteries. The wood separator was
the first, then the wood with a sheet
of perforated rubber. then the wood
and rubber combined Some batter
les have a method OF spacing their
plates apart at the corners to save
the wood separators.
"The Gill battery has no separa-
tors. 1t is the result of six years of
solid experimentation and separa-
tors can now be sent TO the junk
heap. The function of battery with
separators may be likened TO the
effort of watering your lawn through
a screen. You would observe that
much of the water would be wasted
in running down the screen. while
the force necessary to carry the wa
ter through the screen would neces-
sarily have to be greater than if the
screen were not there. Particularly
is this true when the screen or in
the case of the battery. the separator,
becomes clogged. The full effort OF
the action in the battery is not pos
sible unless separators are elm
mated"
Morrell stated that the argument
that batteries cannot be guaranteed
is groundless. He points to the fact
that a few years ago cord tires were
guaranteed for 10000 miles. yet the
public did not believe any tire could
possibly run that distance.