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Specifications for magneto operation, including minimum sparking speed, timing, silence, and direction of rotation.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 4\5\  05-page331
Date  25th April 1928 guessed
  
-3- Contd.

Note:- The minimum regular sparking speed can be taken to be that speed at which 100 consecutive sparks, without missing, are given by the magneto at some time within a period not greater than 3 minutes.

(8) The timing of the magneto break shall not be varied more than ± 2º by altering the primary point gap ± .004" from normal respectively.

(9) The maximum possible silence of operation of the magneto is essential.

(10) The direction of rotation of the magneto shall be anti-clockwise, looking on the driving end.

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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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