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Technical note detailing an ignition test, switchbox configuration, and magneto type.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\L\2April1924-June1924\  Scan8
Date  14th May 1924 guessed
  
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IGNITION TEST.

We shall fit a small extra switch to earth the magneto (in parallel with box) to test if the battery ignition is OK. in positions 2 or 3. This can be anywhere within reach of the driver, and of any suitable pattern, and need not be locked.

R-R SWITCHBOX.

The switchbox should be like this which I think you can arrange from parts in hand. (Slightly different to instructed.)

4. Magneto, no battery ignition & charge.
3. Magneto, battery ignition & charge.
2. Magneto, battery ignition & no charge.
1. O Everything off.

Position 4. is required to test if the magneto ignition is OK. and to save/current in case of accumulators being low.

MAGNETO.

This with the smaller type of governed "Scintilla" magneto, (type A-M-6A) completes the electrical equipment until we change the starter motor.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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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