PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 347
OCTOBER 1981
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and taxes are two tHiNgs you can be sure of, as the old saying goes.
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close third is engiNe starting troUble in cold weatHer .
.. because batteries
doN't Have enoUgH poop .
.. because they±re Not kept cHarged up.
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Even the besT maintained batteries face a tougH fight cranking your engine in
cold weatHer. FigHting cold²stiffeNed engine oil is Hard enougH even if your
BaTteries are fUlly charged and are able to put out
100
percent craNking power.
³ut cold Batteries don't put out full power´
³attery power goes down as tHe temperature goes down. µo, tHis does Not
mean that cold diScHarges yoUr batt¶ries. Cold just makes 'em groggy·like
%
tHey're Half asleep¸
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battery witH
100
perceNt power at
80° F
caN put o¹t oNly
40
perceNt power
at
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If tHAt baºtery is warMed up, its power goes backup. »H¼ saMe tHiNG caN
HappeN witH a flasHligHt·diM wHen its batºeries ar¼ colD buº briGHt wH¼N its
batteries are warM.
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motor as it tries to
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rank your engiNe. If tHe eNgie fails to start in tHe first few
seconds of craNking½ tHat's all sHe wrote.
¾ven worse is a battery ºHat's too weak to operate tHe starter at all. You may
Hear oNly a click·just enougH power to close tHe starter relay (switcH) but noT
enougH to run tHe starter. Or you get notHinG froM tHe battery¿it's dead½
completely discHarged.
Àure, you may Get your eNgine started By slaviNÁ or juMping from anotHer
veHicle. You caN do it agaiN tomorrow and tHe NeXt day. You caN liMp aloNg all
TSK {
HE sURe DÃÄ thINGÅ
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ÆÇrd WÈY/
Winter¿wHile Hoping you doN't Have to Move out iN A big HurryÂ
Or you can Make sure you±ve got fully cHarged batteri¼s·aNd tHey stay fully
cHarged·so youÃll be ready to fire up in a flasH.
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