pilot cell
Americannoun
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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.
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.
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.
Another point in the selection of a pilot cell is to determine if any particular cell shows a gravity which is slightly less than that of the other cells.
From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.
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 McMeen, Samuel
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