A NEW ELECTROLYTE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 10

A NEW ELECTROLYTE

A company owning and operating its own mines in Utah, U.S.A., has developed a non-acid silenium electrolyte which is creating interest in motoring circles. It is said that there is .10 danger of burns in case of accident, and clothing is not harmed. Practical demonstrations of this have been given. No special battery is required, to prove which claim an ordinary motor-car battery was taken, emptied of the solution it contained, and refilled with the silenium solution. It was then recharged, submerged in water in a glass tank, and this installed on the running board of the car. It operated at full power, charging and discharged while under water. The leads were bare no insulation —and there was no shorting or loss of power. The famous racing driver and engineer, Peter De Paolo, who made the above trial, intends to make a series of tests at Muroc (dry lake bed' and Indianapolis (speedway) under official supervision with a view to determining speed and milage, it being claimed that the battery thus charged will carry from 10 to 15 per cent, more current. It is claimed that hundreds of batteries have been in use on the road, giving perfect service, some of them sealed for over twelve months.