SPARE WATER

NZ Truth, Issue 1233, 18 July 1929, Page 19

SPARE WATER

And You Will Spoil Your Battery

■One reason why -so many, batteries are found to be shy of water is because owners invariably fail to refill 1 to a high, enough level. THE trouble, is that a battery cell . looks to be'weH filled as. soon as the plates are covered, yet considerable more water niaj' be needed to be added to bring the level to approximately one-half inch above the plates, i Very often if the level of the elec- | trolyte has been' unusually low airbubbles: will form around , the plates .■ when water is squirted m with a syringe or the hydrometer, thus.?deceiving the hasty owner as to the actual height of the "solution above the plates. , . : When batteries out of stock, are first refilled there may be a; Vsettlirig"i of electrolyte amounting to as much as a half -inch, requiring the addition of distilled water- after the battery has stood for approximately 24 hours. : Water which is. known to contain an appreciable amount: of .alkali ' should never be used m the? radiator, warns L. G. Evans, /general .'-' service i manager for the National Automobile ciub.- .-.,• , : ; ; : •;..;■ ■;-■[■'■: ; i<^.:- . ! Springs can be over-oiled and cause ' uncomfortable riding. "The springs be- . come saturated and are ;so flexible that , the car bounces at the slightest; bump. A; carburettor o.ut of adjustment cari ' b.e - resppnsibie , f or! ;niore • trouble .than < any other. "part' of ; tJ;te 'car. . 4 . i