TESTING BATTERY BEFORE TOUR
Although the brakes, tyres, and steering must claim first attention when a precautionary overhaul is made in preparation for a holiday tour, the storage battery should not be forgotten. When the car is in use daily and the cells are accordingly constantly recharged, a fault or weakness of one or more of the cells might not be detected. But when the vehicle is garaged for a week or more the cells may fail and the motorist be greatly inconvenienced, because be is far removed from a service station. The battery terminals should be clean and each cell should be tested with a hydrometer. If it is indicated that all the cells are too much discharged, then the battery should be given a bench charge, unless it is intended to cover long distances daily, so that it will become well recharged in the course of
running. If any of the cells registers a specific gravity which is well below that of the others, it is best in all circumstances to have the battery recharged beforehand, for it might be that some of the cells are defective. A steady bench charge may show that they refused to “ come up,” and the risk of starting the holiday, with a faulty battery which might fail at any time is avoided.
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Evening Star, Issue 22247, 27 January 1936, Page 13
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220TESTING BATTERY BEFORE TOUR Evening Star, Issue 22247, 27 January 1936, Page 13
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