20 - Friday, March 24, 1995 ~ North Shore News

Recurring false alarms are more than annoying. They make car alarms easy
to ignore and your car easier prey for thieves. That's why Clifford Electronics
engineered its exclusive FACT (False Alarm Control and Test) feature into
every vehicle security system it makes. FACT absolutely, positively eliminates
‘recurring false alarms. So if you hear your Clifford system at three in the

moriing, you'll know it’s not the neighbor's cat. CLIFFORD

® Door lock, unlock outputs
WORLD-CLASS AUTO SECURITY"
’® Channel 2 output for remote control
accessories such as garage door openers.

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150 PEMBERTON AV AVE. NO NORTH 4 VANCOUVER
(KITTY-CORNER TO THE PEMBERTON STATION)

986-1171

including installation *

“some vehicles require additioral wiring, relays and/or pin switches

COMPLETE
TRANSMISSION SERVICE

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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield .

TOM BARTELUK, manager of Lordco Parts in North Vancouver, ~
Says one way to guarantee a sure start each morning is to keep, :
your battery well!-charged and the connections clean. '

Getting started
im the ae

Shaun

Conlin |

© CARS & TRUCKS & :
MOTORHOMES

EVER WONDER why your car bat-
tery is more likely to die in the win-
ter?

While a car battery shares no respect for
bad weather, and a cold engine needs a few.
more cranks than it would in summertime, -
what is often overlooked is the way we treat »
our batteries. .

‘The main, and ideally only, function of.

‘the car battery is to supply electricity to the

starter motor, which in tur, starts the gas -- -

powered engine. Attached to the engine with’

a belt is a little doohickey called the altema-
tor, which has spinning parts and is:
basically your own jittle power Pra
under the hood.

When your engine is idling, like.
when you're at a stop light, the alter-.
‘nator is not spinning very fast and :
therefore not creating very much .
electricity. However, in lousy weath- -
er we demand a lot of electricity to
run the heater, the headlights, the |
rear de-fogger (a huge drain on it’s.
own), the windshield wipers, etc. If -
the altemmator cannot supply the elec- “,

“tricity the battery reluctantly coughs .-
up. This is a battery drain.

You may notice that, after sitting ©
at idle for a while, your headlights :
get brighter and/or your heater fan ©
blows harder when you rev the
engine. Now you know why: The
faster the engine speed, the more

_ électricity the altemator can supply. :

The best advice I can give to save
your battery from an early retire-
ment, and save you a bit of grief, is
this: Before you tum your car off...
make sure to shut off.everything else, -
that is demanding electricity. :
Otherwise, the last thing your bat- .

tery receives and the first thing it~"
wakes to, is an energy drain.

Eventually it'll just quit. | know |
would.

. Shaun Conlin is the ownerfaper-
ator of Upper Levels Driving
School. To reach Shaun for a ques:
tion or conament, call 984-5688.