Guarding Electrical Equipment

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22991, 19 March 1938, Page 12 (Supplement)

Guarding Electrical Equipment

j S Motorists contemplating fairly long ■ trips, where the car is likely to • 5 cover perhaps 100 miles or more j without a stop, should remember that j damage may be caused to the bat' j tery by over-charging. Many of the • latest cars have compensated volt- j j age control, by means of which the j charging-rate is cut down o.« the [ battery becomes charged, but this j | was not fitted on older models as : | a rule, and with such cars it is wise J j either to run the whole Way on half- j : charge, or to cut out the generator : • altogether for half the journey. Many j { American cars are not equipped with i • iwo-rate charging, and for that | J reason it is sometimes Well to run j j for part of the way with the lights : 5 on, rather than allow the generator { | to keep charging the battery at a j j high ratfj. Neglect of these pre- j j cautions may prove expensive. :

difficulty that should rarely arise, however, as top is sufficient for most purposes, and the car is not of the type on which early changes-down, at speed, are necessary. Externally, the car is particularly pleasing in appearance. Lines axe Jong and flowing, and the car looks low-hung and graceful. Mudguards are adequate without being freakish, and external accessories lend to the car a degree of finish in keeping with the entire design.