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Specifications for the 6-volt electrical system of the S.S. Phantom II.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61\2\  scan0262
Date  7th May 1929
  
X 3374
7.5.29.

6-VOLT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR S.S. (PHANTOM II)

BATTERY.

Three cell battery of ampere-hour capacity 130.

AMMETER.

Range 30-0-30 amperes.

IGNITION.

Ballast:- Old standard single.
Coil:- 210 turns in four layers of No. 19 SWG.
D.S.C. resistance .34 ohm.
Inductance .005 henry.
18000 turn secondary.
Condenser:- Maximum capacity in space available.

DYNAMO.

Present (inverted) S.S. machine (normal output) has

Field winding of 19 S.W.G. (.040)
Armature " of 18 S.W.G. (.048)

Proposed intermediate output machine (24 slots) has

Field winding of 19 S.W.G. (.040)
Armature " " 17 S.W.G. (.056)

For half voltage, nearly double current we want

Field winding of 17 S.W.G. (.056)
Armature " " 18 S.W.G. (.048)

duplex wave wound.

Contd.
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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