The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-12-31
CARE Of BATTERY
TOLD IN Detail
BY erwin GREER
Obtain Standard Make, See
That 1t Is Serviced Prop
erly and Give Atten-
ton, Advice.

II you want to obtain low cost of bat
terry service on your car you must do
three things: You must have a stand
erd battery. you must see that it is
serviced properly, and you must give
IL u certain mount Of attention your.
self.
II YOU consider the cost of a battery
and the work 1t has to do you will read.
i.y realize that it needs exactly the
care that you give the engine.
There are now on the market more
than 100 different makes of storage
batteries. GU Of this number of good
percentage are virtually worthless
when compared with topnotch batteries
made by responsible concerns. The
worthless one are sometimes called
lack alley" batteries, because they
are made In barns. garages and shops
that have no recognition. 1t does not
take any particular skill or experience
t. make such batteries. The plates are
purchased from one source, boxes. jars
End electrolyte from others, and so the
larts are put together and the resultant
called u storage battery.
Gets stuck Either Way
Ii the parts were properly made n
cnrelat ted a good battery could be pro-
uuced, but such a battery would then
have to sell at such Il stiff price as
compared with the reputable makes
tEat the alley builders could. not com
pete. So the motorist Is asked TO buy
these ~put-together batteries at q low
Price, sometimes at a high price. 1t
does not matter much about the price,
for the motorist gets stuck either
way.
II YOU need a battery, buy one made
rs u reputable firm. That does not nee
,saarily mean a large manufacture
who advertises his wares all over the
country, because there are many small
er battery makers woh haven't the dis
trlbution nor the advertising volume
The battery business is one that mus
be studied In order to produce a goot
unit at low cost. This study calls fol
constant experimental work in every
branch of manufacture, and this Ii
something the back alley" builders
do no sare to do.
Once yop possess a good batter!
tho next thing to do is to give IT tn
care t deserves. All you have TO do
TO add distilled water once each weel
II summer and oce every two weeks II
winter or ut such intervals al foun'
necessary to keep the cells filled I
level. Aside from this simple procedur
ste to it that the terminals are cleal
and tight and the battery as a unit /
nmunted solidly in place. If u white o
5reen deposit appears on one Of tn
terminals little or no current VIII floI
into or out of the battery. Disconnec
the terminal and scrape Of the deposit
wipe the terminal dry and cover wit
o ligh; oat of grease or vaseline.
Distilled Water Only
Never add anything but ~Ilistille
water. There are some garages and eN
on battery sercice stations that wi
Try t.. sell you some special e~lectrolyt
10 "reflve" the battery. These specia
solutions should not be used, for Will
ii is perfectly possible to add chemical
temporarily to revive any battery
harras the battery in the end. If the ba.
terry In so far gone tina it will not tax
. charge, SPECIAL clectrolyte will q
Il only temporary relief at great cost.
See TO it that the generator charl
IMP rate is low or high enough TO kee
tire battery up to charge. Some driver
90 little continuous driving with the r.
suit that the battery is underchlrge,
Others do constant driving and lit