An elementary book on electricity and magnetism and their applications . sed theworld over for electric automobiles. Probably there are more people who are somewhat familiarwith the storage battery as used on automobiles for starting,lighting, or ignition work, than in any other service. The bat-tery (Fig. 200) usually consists of 3 cells (6 volts) or 6 cells (12volts) and has a capacity of from 60 to 80 ampere hours. Thesehave to be built for abuse as well as for use. The majorityof car owners are careless about giving the battery, which isthe heart and center of the starting and lighting sys
An elementary book on electricity and magnetism and their applications . sed theworld over for electric automobiles. Probably there are more people who are somewhat familiarwith the storage battery as used on automobiles for starting,lighting, or ignition work, than in any other service. The bat-tery (Fig. 200) usually consists of 3 cells (6 volts) or 6 cells (12volts) and has a capacity of from 60 to 80 ampere hours. Thesehave to be built for abuse as well as for use. The majorityof car owners are careless about giving the battery, which isthe heart and center of the starting and lighting system, theattention it should have. Such batteries should be inspectedonce every two weeks, and if the electrolyte is below the bot-tom of the filling tubes distilled water should be added. If a ELECTROCHEMISTRY. STORAGE BATTERY 291 battery is kept fully charged and properly supplied with purewater, it will give uninterrupted service for at least a year. There are many other important uses of the storage battery,such as for emergency purposes in wireless telegraphy, for. Expansion FillerChamber, (Plug
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