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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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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 Otto A. Witte

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 Otto A. Witte

The cell shown is a pilot cell, there being two of these in each battery as explained below.

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

Watch the temperature of the pilot cell carefully.

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

An exception to this is the pilot cell of the Delco-Light Battery.

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

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