pilot cell
Americannoun
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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 Otto A. Witte
During the overcharge the voltage of the battery and the specific gravity of the pilot cell should be taken every fifteen minutes from the time the gasing begins.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen
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
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 Otto A. Witte
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 Otto A. Witte
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