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Instructions and test results for a No. R3 Dynamo (9II) with an annealed copper commutator, intended for a 20HP chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 50\5\  Scan320
Date  21th June 1924
  
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
INSTRUCTIONS.
To E.Y.B.
Order No. W.A.48
Customer's No. X 4333
No. R3 Dynamo (9II) with annealed copper commutator.
This dynamo is now ready for placing on a 20HP chassis. New Z grade standard brushes have been fitted and bedded and the machine has been set to our general specification. The figures for output etc when hot are as follows:-
Carcase temperature 72.5°C.
Ampere output 12.1 amperes
Volts at Dynamo terminals 15.0 volts.
Open circuit volts at 640 R.P.M. 15.5 volts.
The volt-ampere characteristic in the same hot condition is as follows:-
Signed contd
  
  
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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