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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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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.

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 Witte, Otto A.

Watch the temperature of the pilot cell carefully.

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.