A TIP FOR OWNERS OF NEW CARS
The first thing that the owner of a new tar should do is to go to the Battery Service Station, and let the battery, expert test his battery, according to Mr. Walter H. Ballinger, the local Willard export. He gives the following reasons for this: "The battery really commences to wear the instant that it is assembled. As long as the plates aro in contact with the electrolyte, the battery is slowly discharging itself. If, therefore, an automobile is a. long timo in transit from the manufacturer to the dealer and then 13 a long time in the hands of the dealer, it is entirely possible that the battery, may have become considerably discharged. This slow dischargo is perfectly natural. Before the car owner puts it to hard usage, he should have it fully charged. If this is done once, the generator should keep it in that condition. It is to provent the motorist starting out with a half-charged battery when ho expects a fully-charged one that we advise all new car owners to have their batteries tested immediately. This step
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3070, 4 May 1917, Page 9
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188A TIP FOR OWNERS OF NEW CARS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3070, 4 May 1917, Page 9
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