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Instructions for testing a standard cutout operating with a high output dynamo.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\2\  scan0209
Date  17th November 1930
  
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
INSTRUCTIONS.

To: EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
Order No: AD.72
Customer's No.: X 7740

Cutout Operating with High Output Dynamo

A standard cutout has been run on the chassis rig in the laboratory in conjunction with the present production switchbox which makes the dynamo armature contact in the ignition position and a 40/50 high output dynamo running at 1450 rpm. This is a little below the peak speed, the output starts at about 15 amperes and falls on reaching final temperature to 12. The rig was given periods of steady running of a few hours each alternating with periods during which the charge was switched on and off automatically ten or twelve times a minute. The continuous running has (Cont'd)

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This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work.
  
  
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