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Request to order spare test tackle for 500-watt generators.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\3\  img354
Date  9th March 1937
  
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Mem from BJJ/JV
To Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst
Order No.811
EJJ is absent.
EJJ/JV8/MM9.3.37

RE: SPARE TEST TACKLE FOR 500 WATT GENERATORS.

Please order from Messrs Cannings Ltd., Manchester, :-

2 - Load Resistances .289 ohms value and capable of carrying 50 amps. without overheating.

Please order from Messrs Ferranti Ltd.,:-

1 - Voltmeter 0 - 20 volts.
1 - " 0 - 40 " having 6 1/2" dials.

Please order from Messrs The Record Electrical Co. Ltd.,:-

2 - Ammeters 0 - 50 amps. having 6 1/2" dials.

Please order from Messrs The Zenith electrical Co. Ltd.,:-

1 - Slider type of variable resistance 13 ohms. capable of carrying 6 amps without overheating.
1 - Slider type of variable resistance 52 ohms. capable of carrying 3 1/2 amps without overheating.

Deliver all the above to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst.

EJJ/JV.
  
  
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