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We were going through a batch of vintage electronic parts that I got years ago and came across this device. At first I was completely stumped by what it is, but now I'm thinking it's a car battery cell tester. Am I on the right track or completely off base?

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Aha! We've got one of those in the "old tools section" of the office's garage. Knew it was electrical (duh) but didn't know just what it is for. We've still got some tools from back when our Buffalo Sector HQ was first in a facility with our own auto mechanics - 1936 or so. No idea what we'll do with them, but I won't let the mechanics get rid of them.

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Back when batteries had tar filling the probes were uses to push through the tar to contact the the bridges between the cells. They were ment ot gauge the output of each cell.

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