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Performance test report for a cut-out device on a standard 30 HP chassis charging system.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\1\  Scan113
Date  1st March 1926
  
nb 238 (150 BKS.) (SH57.29-6-20.) MP 224350
X. 1810
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
INSTRUCTIONS.
To: EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
Order No.: AC. 70.
Customer's No.: X 4105.
1 March 1926

Performance of RR Cut-out on Chassis System.

A cut-out (No RE.55.X) made up with the latest modifications embodying .150" week, sprung point having rigid backing & the fixed point a rigid support, has been tested on a standard 30 h.p chassis charging system.
The cut-out was set to operate cold at 12.5 volts. then at 11.8 volts it de-operated with 1-1/2 reverse current.
The dynamo was then run at peak output for several hours, whilst the cut-out was covered up to protect it from draughts. After this a test

Signed: (Cont'd)
This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work.
  
  
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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