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Technical data sheet detailing resistance values, point gaps, and contact breaker timings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 49\5\  Scan223
Date  10th December 1920
  
R.R. B&S (100 T) S.H. 738. 10-12-20. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2947
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Contd.

(18) Primary resistance :-
'40 ω at 18°C.
Inst 42. 1.5 volt range.
1.5 amp range.

(19) Secondary resistance :-
3,200 ω at 12°C.
Inst 42. 15 volt range.
Inst 22596. ma. range.

(20) Secondary milli-amperes :-
Horizontal position :- 11.9
Vertical position :- 8.1

(21) Platinum point gap :- .026"

MADE AT CROXLEY

(22a) Platinum point gap :- .020"
Contact breaker timing :-

Make. Break.
A. {Mr Adams} -54 +103°
B. -19.5 138

Retarded. Advanced.
Make. 161° 127°
Break. 318° 283°
Make. 340° 305°
Break. 138° +103°

Make ratio :-
.873.
  
  
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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