The Automobile Storage Battery, It's Care and Repair

About this eBook

Author

Witte, Otto A.

Title

The Automobile Storage Battery: Its Care And Repair

Credits

Produced by George Davis, Mark Posey and Richard Allain

Language

English

LoC Class

TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

Subject

Automobiles -- Electric equipment

Category

Text

eBook-No.

29718

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29718

Release Date

August 17, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE AUTOMOBILE — STORAGE BATTERY — ITS CARE AND REPAIR — RADIO BATTERIES, FARM LIGHTING BATTERIES — BY — O. A. WITTE — Chief Engineer, American Bureau of Engineering, Inc. — Third Edition — Completely Revised and Enlarged — Fourth Impression — Published 1922 by — THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF ENGINEERING, INC. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. — Preface — Contents — Section I — Working Principles, Manufacture, — Maintenance, Diseases, — and Remedies — The Automobile Storage — Battery
2. 2.CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTORY.
3. 3.CHAPTER 2. BATTERIES IN GENERAL
4. 4.CHAPTER 3. MANUFACTURE OF STORAGE BATTERIES. — Plates — Separators — Electrolyte — Jars — Covers — Case — Assembling and Sealing — Preparing Batteries for Dry Shipment — Terminal Connections — HOMEMADE BATTERIES
5. 5.CHAPTER 4. CHEMICAL CHANGES. — Relations Between Chemical Actions and Electricity.
6. 6.CHAPTER 5. WHAT TAKES PLACE DURING DISCHARGE.
7. 7.CHAPTER 6. WHAT TAKES PLACE DURING CHARGE.
8. 8.CHAPTER 7. CAPACITY OF STORAGE BATTERIES. — Design and Construction. — Operating Conditions. — Age of Battery.
9. 9.CHAPTER 8. INTERNAL RESISTANCE.
10. 10.CHAPTER 9. CARE OF THE BATTERY ON THE CAR — "Dope" Electrolytes
11. 11.CHAPTER 10. STORAGE BATTERY TROUBLES. — PLATE TROUBLES — Buckling — Shedding, or Loss of Active Material — Loose Active Material — Impurities — Corroded Grids — Granulated Negatives — Heating of Negatives Exposed to the Air — Negatives With Very Hard Active Material — Bulged Negatives — Negative With Soft, Mushy Active Material — Negatives With Roughened Surface — Frozen Positives — Rotted, Disintegrated Positives — Buckled Positives — Positives That Have Lost Considerable Active Material — Positives With Soft Active Material — Positives With Hard, Shiny Active Material — Plates Which Have Been Charged in Wrong Direction — SEPARATOR TROUBLES — JAR TROUBLES — BATTERY CASE TROUBLE — TROUBLE WITH CONNECTORS AND TERMINALS — ELECTROLYTE TROUBLES — GENERAL TROUBLES — Open Circuits — Battery Discharged — Dead Cells — Loss of Capacity — Loss of Charge in An Idle Battery — Section II — Shop Equipment Shop Methods
12. 12.CHAPTER 11. CARE OF THE BATTERY ON THE CAR. — Equipment Which is Absolutely Necessary — Equipment Needed In Opening Batteries — Equipment for Lead Burning (Welding) — Equipment for General Work on Cell Connectors and Terminals — Equipment for Work on Cases — Tools and Equipment for General Work — Stock — Special Tools — DESCRIPTIONS OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT NAMED IN FOREGOING LIST — Charging Equipment — Constant Current Charging — Using Lamp Banks, or Rheostats — Using Motor-Generator Sets — A few suggestions on Motor-Generator Sets — Operating the Charging Circuits — Care of Motor-Generator Set — Constant-Potential Charging — The Tungar Rectifier — A. Two Ampere Rectifier — B. The One Battery Rectifier — C. The Two Battery Rectifier — Catalogue No. 195530 — Fig. 55. The Two Battery Tungar Rectifier — D. The Four Battery Tungar — E. The Ten Battery Rectifier — F. The Twenty Battery Tungar — General Instructions and Information on Tungars — Installation — Line Connections — Battery Connections — Operation — Troubles — Tungar Rectifiers — Mercury Arc Rectifier — Mechanical Rectifiers — Stahl Rectifier — Other Charging Equipment — CHARGING BENCH — Fig. 65. Charging Bench with D.P.D.T. Switch for Each Battery — WORK BENCH — SINK OR WASH TANK — LEAD BURNING (WELDING) OUTFIT — EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING SEALING COMPOUND — SHELVING AND RACKS — BINS — BATTERY STEAMER — EQUIPMENT FOR LEAD BURNING (WELDING) Plate Burning Rack — The Burning Lead Mould — EQUIPMENT FOR GENERAL WORK ON CONNECTORS AND TERMINALS — Moulds for Casting Inter-Cell Connectors, Terminals, Terminal Screws, Taper Lugs, Plate Straps, Etc. — EQUIPMENT FOR WORK ON CASES — TOOLS FOR GENERAL WORK — CADMIUM TEST SET AND HOW TO MAKE THE TEST — How Cadmium Tests Are Made — When Cadmium Readings Should Be Made — Open Circuit Voltage Readings Worthless — What the Cadmium Test Set Consists of — The AMBU Cadmium Voltmeter — Testing a Battery on Discharge — Testing a Battery on Charge — HIGH RATE DISCHARGE TESTERS — PARAFFINE DIP POT — WOODEN BOXES FOR BATTERY PARTS — Fig. 130. Boxes for Holding Parts of Batteries Being Prepaired — EARTHENWARE JARS — ACID CARBOYS — SHOP LAYOUTS — Concerning Light
13. 13.CHAPTER 12. GENERAL SHOP INSTRUCTIONS.
14. 14.CHARGING BATTERIES. — TROUBLES — Suggestions — LEAD BURNING (WELDING) — General Lead Burning Instructions — Burning on the Cell Connectors and Terminals — Burning Plates to Strap and Post — Post Building — Extending Plate Lugs — Making Temporary Charging Connections — MOULDING LEAD PARTS — HANDLING AND MIXING ACID — BY WEIGHT — BY VOLUME — PUTTING NEW BATTERIES INTO SERVICE — Batteries Shipped Fully Charged, or "Wet." All Makes — BATTERIES SHIPPED "DRY" — Exide Batteries — Table of Initial and Repair Charging Rates — Vesta Batteries — Philadelphia Diamond Grid Batteries — Charging Rates — TABLE — No. 1 — TABLE NO.2 — Willard Bone-Dry Batteries — Unfilled Willard Wood Insulated Batteries — Preparing Westinghouse Batteries for Service — The Prest-O-Lite Assembled Green Seal Battery — Initial Charge---52 Hours — INSTALLING A BATTERY ON A CAR — STORING BATTERIES — "Wet" Storage — Series on 115 Volt Line — Dry Storage — DETERMINING AGE OF BATTERY — Exide Age Code. — Prest-O-Lite Age Code. — Prest-O-Lite Factory Marks. — Titan Age Code. — RENTAL BATTERIES — Terminals for Rental Batteries — RADIO BATTERIES — VESTA RADIO BATTERIES — EXIDE RADIO BATTERIES — WILLARD RADIO BATTERIES — WESTINGHOUSE RADIO BATTERIES — PHILADELHIA RADIO BATTERIES — Initial and Recharge Charging Rate — U. S. L. RADIO BATTERY — PREST-O-LITE RADIO BATTERIES — Table of Prest-O-Lite Radio Batteries — UNIVERSAL RADIO BATTERIES — "DRY" STORAGE BATTERIES — DISCHARGE TESTS — The 15 Seconds High Rate Discharge Test — Lighting Ability Discharge Tests — Starting Ability Discharge Tests — "Cycling" Discharge Tests — Discharge Apparatus — PACKING BATTERIES FOR SHIPPING — STORING SEPARATORS — REINSULATION — SAFETY FIRST FOR THE BATTERY REPAIRMAN — TESTING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — Tests to Be Made by the Repairman — Troubles — ADJUSTING GENERATOR OUTPUTS — How and When to Adjust Charging Rates — TESTING AND FILLING SERVICE — SERVICE RECORDS
15. 15.CHAPTER 13. BUSINESS METHODS. — Purchasing Methods. — The Use and Abuse of Credit. — Proper Bookkeeping Records. — A Daily Exhibit of Your Business. — Expenses and Profits. — Invaluable Monthly Comparative Information.
16. 16.CHAPTER 14. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BATTERY? — Battery Tests — General Inspection — Operation Tests — Trouble Charts — All Cells Show Low Gravity or Low Voltage — Gravity Readings Unequal — High Gravity — Low Electrolyte — Battery Overheats — Electrolyte Leaking Out at Top — Summary
17. 17.CHAPTER 15 REBUILDING THE BATTERY — How to Open a Battery — What Must Be Done with the Battery? — Examining the Plates — When to Put In New Plates — When the Old Plates May be Used Again — What To Do With the Separators — Find the Cause of Every Trouble — Eliminating "Shorts" — Charging — Washing and Pressing the Negatives — Washing Positives — Burning on Plates — Work on the Jars — Testing Jars — Removing Defective Jars — Repairing the Case — REASSEMBLING THE BATTERY — Reassembling the Elements — Putting Elements in Jars — Filling Jars with Electrolyte or Putting on the Covers — Use 1.400 Acid — Putting on The Covers — Sealing Compounds — Sealing Double Cover Batteries — Sealing Single Cover Batteries — Burning-on the Cell Connectors — Marking the Battery — Cleaning and Painting the Case — Charging the Rebuilt Battery — Adjusting the Electrolyte — High Rate Discharge
18. 18.CHAPTER 16 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS — EXIDE BATTERIES — Type Numbers — Methods of Holding Jars in Case — Opening Exide Batteries — Work on Plates, Separators, Jars, and Case — Reassembling Plates — Putting Plates In Jars — Filling Jars With Electrolyte — Sealing Exide Battery Covers — Putting Cells In Case — Burning on the Cell Connectors — U. S. L. BATTERIES — PREST-O-LITE BATTERIES — Prest-O-Lite Type "N" Post Locking Outfit — To Remove Cell Covers from Elements — To Rebuild Posts — To Lock or Peen Posts — Precautions in Post Locking Operations — General Instructions — THE PHILADELPHIA DIAMOND GRID BATTERY — Old Type — New Development in the Philadelphia Battery — The Philadelphia Separator — THE EVEREADY STORAGE BATTERY — Description of Parts — Repairing Eveready Batteries — VESTA BATTERIES — The Vesta Type "D" Battery — Type "DJ" — Vesta Separators — Vesta Post Seal — WESTINGHOUSE BATTERIES — Westinghouse Plates — TYPES OF WESTINGHOUSE BATTERIES — Type "A" Batteries — Plates — Type "B" Batteries — Plates — Type "C" Batteries — Plates — Type "E" Batteries — Plates — Type "H" Batteries — Plates — Type "J" Batteries — Plates — Type "0" Batteries — Plates — Type "F" Batteries — Plates — WILLARD BATTERIES — Willard Batteries With Compound Sealed Posts — Willard Batteries With Lead Inserts In Covers — Willard Gasket Type Batteries — Willard Separators — UNIVERSAL BATTERIES — ONE-PIECE BATTERY CONTAINERS — THE TITAN BATTERY — SECTION 3.
19. 19.CHAPTER 17 FARM LIGHTING BATTERIES SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS — Selection of Plant — Location of Plant — Wiring — Installation — Connecting Cells — Initial Charge — Instructing Users — Care of the Plant in Operation — Care of Battery — Charging — Discharge — Battery Troubles — PREST-O-LITE FARM LIGHTING BATTERIES — Rebuilding Prest-O-Lite Farm Lighting Batteries — EXIDE FARM LIGHTING BATTERIES. — Batteries with Sealed Glass Jars. — Battery Gauges and Instruments for Testing. — The Ampere-Hour Meter — Hydrometers — When and How to Charge Battery — Plants with Average Loads — Carry Heavy Loads Greater Than 10 Amperes. — Where Small Load Is Used. — INSPECTION TRIPS — Sediment Space Filled. — Check Ampere-Hour Meters — Voltage Readings — REPAIRS — Disassembling a Cell — Assembling — Inserting Locking Pin — Sealing Covers — Filling Cell with Electrolyte — Charging — Adjusting Gravity of Electrolyte — HOW TO REPAIR DELCO-LIGHT CELLS — Treating Broken Cells — Treating Spilled Cells — Treating Badly Sulphated Cells That Have Been in Service — Treating Reversed Cells — Removing Impurities — Clearing High Resistance Short Circuits — Clearing Lug Shorts — Putting Repaired Cells Back in Service — Charging Outside Negative Plates — Pressing Negative Plates — Salvaging Replaced Cells — Repairing Lead Parts — Repairing Broken Posts. — Burning on Straps — How to Eliminate Burning on Straps by Use of an Auxiliary Strap — Burning on New Plates — Keeping Wood Separators In Stock — Freezing Temperature of Electrolyte — Care of Cells in Stock — Taking Batteries Out of Commission — Putting Batteries Into Commission After Being Out of Service — General Complaints from Users and How to Handle Them. — OTHER EXIDE FARM LIGHTING BATTERIES — Batteries with Open Glass Jars — Batteries with Sealed Rubber Jars — WESTINGHOUSE FARM LIGHTING BATTERIES — Opening and Setting-Up Westinghouse Farm Lighting Batteries — The Relation Between Various Sizes of Westinghouse Farm Light Batteries and Work to be Done — Table A — Table B — WILLARD FARM LIGHTING BATTERIES — Glass Jar Batteries. Fully Charged and Filled With Electrolyte — Unpacking — Inspection of Cells. — Connecting the Cells — Willard Glass Jar Batteries Shipped "Knock-Down." — Cleaning the Glass Jars — Preparing the Covers — Assembling the Element and Separators — Sealing Element Assembly in Jar — Filling with Electrolyte — Initial Charge — Wilard Rubber Jar Batteries Shipped Completely Charged and Filled with Electrolyte — Willard Rubber Jar Batteries Shipped Dry (Export Batteries) — Installing Counter Electromotive Force Cells
20. 20.Definitions and Descriptions of Terms and Parts — Index
21. 21.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ — A VISIT TO THE FACTORY

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