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Test procedures for a dynamo and regulator with specified voltage and current outputs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 166\2\  img012
Date  17th September 1935 guessed
  
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shall then be varied up to 5,000 R.P.M. At all speeds
above the minimum required to operate the regulator the
voltage should lie between 14.7 and 15.7.

(2) Output at 13.0 volts.

With the dynamo delivering current to the battery
and the regulator still cold the dynamo shall be again
gradually speeded up, the voltage being maintained at 13.0
by adjustment of the variable resistance. The current at
13.0 volts required to commence operation should be noted, after
which the speed should be varied up to 5,000 R.P.M. the output
at 13.0 volts still being observed. This should lie between 14.0
and 16.5 amperes.

(3) Output at 15.0 volts.

Test 2 shall now be repeated but with the terminal
volts adjusted to 15.0. In this case the output should lie
between 1.0 and 7.5 amperes.

(4) In order to heat up the regulator, the dynamo shall
now be run at a speed of about 2,500 R.P.M. delivering current
at 13.0 volts, for a period of 2 hours. At the end of this
run tests 1, 2, & 3 should be repeated, the corresponding values
being :-

(1) O.C. volts 15.5 to 16.5 volts.
(2) Output at 13.0 volts to 15.0 to 18.5 amperes.
(3) Output at 15.0 volts 3.5 to 10.5 amperes.
  
  
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