PS Magazine - JULY 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 284
JULY 1976
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You
·
can't
,
L
±²³´
t On
·
of the battery By an
electrolyte test.
The
,
ElectRolyte
is a±sor²ed
into the plates
during use so the level
drops Below
_
the top of
the cells³ This Is noRmal
and no pro
b
lem´
±
µ
²³
er add
l
ELectRolyµE
oR disµ¶ l¸ed wateR to µhe
n¶ckel-cadmiuM BaµteRy
unless
µhe ²atteRy ¶s
fully chaRged and al¹
lowed
to
resµ
for
aµ
leasµ
30
m¶nutes
º
¶
N¶cKEl»Cad¼iums will get
½
in a rUt and onLy del¶ver µhe chaRge they get accUstomEd to
f
dE¾iver¶ng
¿
Àf they only pUµ out
20
per cent oF the¶R capac¶tyÁ foR example Ãhey soon lose
the aBilIÄy to pRodÅce any ¼oRe µhan µhatÆ They
may lÇt yÈu down ¶f an extra demand Is p¾aced
on Éem!
This Ês why µhey need to Be discharGed to
±
volts
from t¶¼e to µ¶me
and
rechaRgedË ThÌs
wipes oUt the ²oondoÍgLing haBit and gets 'em
BacK to fu¾l potent¶a¾Î
"Ïook foR dEnµs and cRacks ¶n ²aµµeRy case and coveR
ÐÑÒ
loose or damaÍed Batµery case Liner
and covER gasÓet
³´Ô
Busµed µeRminal
s
Á warped fi¾leR caps and BRoken connectors
ÕÖ
CAL² FOR HE³P fr´M
YµU¶ Sup·¸¹T Iº y´»
¼iND an½¾h¿ÀG WÁÂÃg.'
"×f noµh¶ngØs wÙoÚg ÛÛ w¶pE case and cel¾ µops wIth a cleanÜ dRy c¾oµh or Use a pLast¶c or nylÝn
BRush
.
Ö
Never Use a w¶Re ²rUsh µo
i
c¾ean the cell t¶ps term¶nals
1
and ter¼¶nal l¶nksÞ A shoRµed
[
ouµ BatµeRy you donßt needà
Wipe up loosened depos¶tsÛ
±
Clean the outside of µhe
Batµery case with soap and
Ä
waáerÐ â¶nse and dry ¶tÞ ãse
ä
co¼pressed a¶r ¶f necessary´
Å
Any µime yoU Re¼ove the
Battery case coverå itßs a g
o
od
Idea µo læoK at the termInal
screws or l¶nKsË
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