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The advantages of metal-cased ignition coils and the commencement of new tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 164\5\  img351
Date  23th May 1938
  
To By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD.
c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

6017.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 8/JH.23.5.38.

re Ignition Coils.

Please note that the information contained in our memo. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 8/JH.12.5.38. was not intended to represent running temperatures of the coils concerned, but to show the advantage to be gained by the use of a metal case in place of the existing bakelite case.

The use of a metal case also facilitates the complete sealing off of the windings with a bitumen compound, which, as explained in our memo. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 5/MH. {M. Huckerby} 26.10.37. tends for a better and more reliable coil.

We are now commencing a series of tests to determine the actual running temperatures of the various coils.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
  
  
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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