ELECTRIC SCREEN-WIPERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18943, 14 February 1925, Page 12 (Supplement)

ELECTRIC SCREEN-WIPERS.

It would appear that the average electric j screen-wiper consumes between one and two amperes. This is not a serious item, > being comparable to the demands of a j wireless receiver fitted with three bright emitter valves. But it is sufficiently substantial to require consideration whore an aged battery is never too lively or where the starter and the lamps entail heavy discharge and little daylight work is indulged in to replace the current consumed. It is also large enough to suggest the prudence of lengthening the daily charging period on cars where the owner has beeii, in the habit of charging for an hour a day or so. Generally speaking, a newish car in summer use will supply the needs of an electric screen-wiper without any precautions being taken. Bub if the ear is old. if it is worked hard at night and little used by day, or if the starter is operated recklessly, the screen-wiper might prove to be the last straw unless < arc is observed. I have come across one case whare a-, screen-wiper and a very powerful etaefcrio hooter were added to a cneap, smaL car with *a very limited «!yn&mo output, and electric troubles soon U\!ltocar '^ pe S raDC0 > siates a writer in