Looks pretty much like mine. I don't use a battery in the circuit. Btw, I bought a chunk of rust a couple years ago that hid a 1909 Griswold no. 9 waffle iron. After several sessions in the tub and lots of elbow grease, it looked like new. I paid $20 and sold it for $180. Was it worth it? Probably not, but I get satisfaction from putting it back into circulation for hopefully another 100+ years.
I read online that if you have an automatic charger like mine instead of a manual one that doesn't shut off when it feels like it that you can put a battery in the circuit to fool the charger into staying on. Seems to work.
Makes sense. I use a battery charger that has been in my family for at least 50 years. Nothing automatic about it.
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