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).
Production test and inspection procedure for the Goshawk ballast resistance for the ignition coil.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\5\ Scan232 | |
| Date | 12th January 1923 | |
| X3485 12.1.23. X.3604b - PRODUCTION TEST AND INSPECTION OF GOSHAWK BALLAST RESISTANCE FOR IGNITION COIL. X.3485. A rig should be used with connecting pins, on which three ballast resistances can easily be placed. The rig should contain a suitable switching arrangement to enable these resistances to be placed first in series and then in parallel. (1) The terminals of the arrangement should be connected through an ammeter to a 12 volt battery. Firstly, with the switch in the closed position, voltmeter readings across each of the three ballast resistances should be taken, in turn, and should lie between the limits 3.8 and 4.6. (2) Then the switch should be placed in the parallel position and the ballast resistances allowed to be warmed up for 8 minutes, during the last minute of which the current taken by the three in parallel should fall within the limits 9.0 to 9.8 amperes. (3) Now reduce the voltage to 6, and after 5 minutes the current should fall between the limits 6.1 to 6.9. (4) Finally, examine the connections of the ballast wire ends on the tags and ascertain by gentle trial that no weakness has been caused where th-e two working ends of the wire pass away from the joints. The porcelain also should be gently tapped to enable any possible cracks to assert themselves. Further, see that the brass ferrules are not loose and liable to get twisted round. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} | ||