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High and low speed sparking characteristics and contact breaker performance.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 48\2\  Scan071
Date  13th July 1923 guessed
  
-5- Contd.

(15) High speed sparking characteristics :-

1 Max regular sparking gap for all high speeds:-
(a) 6.5 mm
(b) 8.5 mm
(c) 9.5 mm

2 Shortcircuiting one gap extinguishes spark immediately following for:- (a) at 2,700 r.p.m.
(b) at 3,300 r.p.m.
(c) Sparks not affected at retard at all.

Sparks otherwise appear quite equal.

(16) Low speed sparking characteristics :-

Speeds :- (a) 220 r.p.m.
(b) 330 r.p.m.
(c) 410 r.p.m.

(17) Flinging of contact breaker at high speed :-

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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