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Automatic, saves half the cost.01' for Mechanics find Tradesmen. BAR . Ball
bearing, safety starting handles for all makes cars. The cost of
charging current, and hence also the ef·
ficiency its recovery the discharge
circuit, minor part the total ex·
pense operating the vehicle and the
low electrical efficiency the battery s
offset its extremely light weight
which 'not only lightens the construction
of the vehicle, but increases the propor·
tion "paying load" carried the same
-and its ruggedness service. vehicle manufacturer using the
battery reports that charged ex·
hausted battery A·4 cellR the rate
of 100 amperes for short tin1('. Easily lucked or
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Also all styles bodies. "Boosting charges"-given a
vehicle battery when partially dis·
charged, carry through a
longer _period than its prescribed day's
work-may given for hour's run at
a rate two three times the normal
charging rate and regular charge may
be completed hurry starting at
a high rate and gradually dpcreasing the
rate..
In this "can electricity" the solution s
a mere liquid carrier ions-it has, O
t speak, moods and tenses its own
to catered the battery user.
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Connections between the cells a
battery and with the external cfrcuit are
made means heavy niCKel-plated
copper·wire connectors, with steel lugs
swaged the ends and fitting the
taper terminal posts
