[AT] Old spark plus found/now battery

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Sat May 7 05:06:13 PDT 2011


It talks about storing a new battery at that temperature and I can see where 
that would slow the chemical reaction but it doesn't say to use the battery 
at that temp.  I suspect it needs to warm up before being placed in use. 
Just a guess.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Wilkens
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 7:43 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Old spark plus found/now battery

Hey Charlie, thanks for the info.  I guess I need to find a good fit
for them now.    John W.


At 04:23 PM 5/6/2011, you wrote:
>Charlie,
>
>Yes, guite intesting indeed.  I've heard it said (and more than once) that
>cold weather was/is hard on batteries ... this article would seem to
>squelch that.  I am trying to remember where I was in March of 56 - I
>guess in high school and working in a filling station some Saturdays and
>evenings after school.  I can't recall hearing about this idea back then.
>
>Dudley
>Snohomish, WA
>
>
> > Following the Bowers Spark plug search led to this.  Quite interesting
> > thought, weather true or not.
> >
> >
> > http://scienceservice.si.edu/pages/003016.htm
> >
> > Charlie V.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Charlie V <1cdevill at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> John,
> >>
> >> No Clue, but here are a couple of Google hits.
> >>
> >> Ebay  Item number:      330549891549
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/Battery-Beechcraft-Executive-Transport-Aircraft/dp/B001KVWI4O
> >>
> >> Charlie V
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:21 PM, John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:
> >>> Cleaning shop yesterday I came across 3 new "Bower 18C" spark plugs
> >>> in the box.  Anyone heard of them or know what they were used for--or
> >>> what modern plugs they are similar to?    ' John
> >>> W.         PS:  Still raining in E. Oregton but I finally did get the
> >>> oats planted!
> >>>
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