  Muons decaying in the water volume of a Cherenkov detector of the Pierre
Auger Observatory provide a useful calibration point at low energy. Using the
digitized waveform continuously recorded by the electronics of each tank, we
have devised a simple method to extract the charge spectrum of the Michel
electrons, whose typical signal is about 1/8 of a crossing vertical muon. This
procedure, moreover, allows continuous monitoring of the detector operation and
of its water level. We have checked the procedure with high statistics on a
test tank at the Observatory base and applied with success on the whole array.
