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Test report on battery performance, detailing charging cycles, cell densities and ampere-hours.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\5\  Scan074
Date  30th March 1926
  
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(13) Third charge equivalent to average current of 8.0 amperes
for 15.0 hours.
i.e. ampere-hours = 120.0

(14) Cell densities.
(1) 1260 (4) 1260
(2) 1260 (5) 1260
(3) 1260 (6) 1260

F+ cells + weakness.
R+ " "
F+ " Highest resistance
at end of test
(15) Initial amperes = 102 Temp. = 19°C.
Time to 104 amperes: -- mins.
" " " 100 " : 4.9 "
" " " 90 " : 12.6 "
" " " 80 " : 15.3 "

(16) Fourth charge equivalent to average current of 8.0 amperes
for 15.0 hours.
i.e. ampere-hours = 120.0

(17) Ampere-hours realised up to a point where record takes a sudden turn down :- 57.1
Temperature :- 19°C.

(18) Fifth charge equivalent to average current of 8.0 amperes.
for 15.0 hours
i.e. ampere-hours :- 120

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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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