The electrical equipment of a modern car, and particularly the generator and starting motor, is made with such extraordinary care and precision that if moderately well looked after its life is considerably greater than that of most cars. Laterly there has developed a remarkable demand for old motor-car generators, especially of the 12-volt type, for country lighting. Attached to a suitable windmill and supplying a large capacity storage battery through an ordinary motor-car "cut-out,” such a generator provides an excellent houselighting unit of small capacity.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6993, 1 November 1932, Page 9
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