electrolyte.
6. A number of eighteen inch lengths of No. 12 flexible wire fitted
with lead coated test clips, for connecting batteries in series
while on charge.

3. Work bench with vise.

4. Sink or wash tank and water supply.

5. Lead-burning outfit. (This should properly be called a lead welding
outfit, since it is used to melt lead parts so that they will be
welded together.)

6. For handling sealing compound, the following are necessary.

1. Stove.
2. Pot in which compound is melted.
3. An iron ladle for dipping up the melted compound.
4. One or two old coffee pots for pouring compound.

7. Shelving or racks for batteries waiting to be repaired, batteries
which have been repaired, rental batteries, new batteries, battery
boxes, battery jars, battery plates, etc.

8. Bins for battery parts, such as covers, inter-cell connectors,
plate straps, terminals, handles, vent plugs, hold down bolts,
separator hold-downs, and so on.

Equipment Needed In Opening Batteries

9. A battery steamer for softening sealing-compound and making covers
limp, for softening compound around defective jars which are to be
removed, for softening jars which are to be set in a battery box, and
so on.

10. Putty knife to remove softened scaling compound.

11. One ratchet brace with set of wood bits or square shank drills of
the following sizes: 3/8, 5/8, 3/4, 13/16, and 7/8 inch, for drilling
off terminals and inter-cell connectors. A power drill press, or a
portable electric drill will save time and labor in drilling off the
terminals and connectors.

12. Center punch for marking terminals and connectors before drilling.

13. Ten inch screwdriver for prying off connectors and terminals which
have been drilled. The screwdriver may, of course, be used on various
other kinds of work also.

14. A ten-inch length of 3/4 inch angle iron to protect upper edge of
case when prying off the connectors and terminals which have been
drilled.

15. Two pairs of standard combination pliers for lifting elements out
of jars. A pair of six or eight inch gas pliers will also do for this
work.

16. Machinist hammer. This is, of course, also used for other purposes.

17. Terminal tongs for removing taper lugs from terminals.

18. Pair of long, fiat nosed pliers for pulling out separators and
jars.

19. Open-end wrench for use in removing taper lugs from terminals.

Equipment for Lead Burning (Welding)