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pilot cell

American  

noun

  1. one cell in a battery selected and tested to determine the charge or discharge current for the entire battery.


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Batteries equipped with one pilot cell contain a white pilot ball which will be up when the specific gravity of the electrolyte is approximately 1.185.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

One pilot cell contains the pilot ball for determining the end of the charge, and other pilot cell containing the ball for determining the end of the discharge.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

If any such cell is found, use that cell as the pilot cell in taking gravity readings while the battery is on discharge and also on charge.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

Question the user to determine whether the ball will not come up if the pilot cell is bubbling freely.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

If any cell shows a higher temperature than that of the pilot cell, place the thermometer in the cell giving the higher reading, and be guided by the temperature of that cell.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

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