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Test report detailing secondary milliamps, primary point gap measurements, and contact breaker timing results.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 40\2\  Scan199
Date  7th October 1938 guessed
  
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(14) Secondary milliamps :-
Maximum :- 15.0
Minimum :- 4.2

(15) Primary point gap after previous tests :- .010".

Primary point gap .014".
Contact breaker timing.

Make. Break.
A -2.5° 94°
R 57.5° 154°

Retard. Advance.
Make. 58° -2°
Break 154° 94°
Make. 237° 177°
Break. 334.5° 274.5°

Make ratio :- .536.

Primary point gap :- .006".
Contact breaker timing.

Make. Break.
A -7.5° 100°
R 52.5° 160°

Retard. Advance.
Make. 53° -7°
Break 160° 100°
Make. 232° 172°
Break 340.5° 280.5°

Make ratio :- .597.

Average variation of break = ±3°

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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