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Log sheet recording results from a series of battery charging and performance tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\1\  Scan014
Date  2nd April 1925 guessed
  
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(13) Third charge equivalent to average current of 6.0 amperes
for 20 hours.
i.e. ampere-hours = 120.0

(14) Cell densities.
(1) 1290 (4) 1290
(2) 1290 (5) 1290
(3) 1290 (6) 1290

(15) Initial amperes = 110.3 Temp:- 18.5°C.
Time to 104 amperes:- 9.7 mins.
" " 100 " :- 12.8 "
" " 80 " :- 15.4 "
" " 80 " :- 17.7 "

(16) Fourth charge equivalent to average current of 6.0 amperes
for 20 hours
i.e. ampere-hours = 120.0

(17) Ampere hours realised up to a point where record takes a sudden turn down:- 53.0
Temperature:- 18.5 C.

(18) Fifth charge equivalent to average current of 6.0 amperes
for 20.0 hours
i.e. ampere-hours :- 120.0

Date Column (Handwritten):
12-7-24
to
15-7-24
15-7-24.
15-7-24
15-7-24
to
17-7-24
17-7-24.
19-7-24
to
22-7-24.
  
  
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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