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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).
List of faults, modifications, and repairs for various electrical components.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 70\3\  scan0032
Date  10th November 1931 guessed
  
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176.CY. LK.{L. King}45. Modify to 50% higher output.
111.SC. TA.85. Overhauled. Poles modified.
114.SC. DR.45. Overhauled. Poles modified.

Phantom Motors.

114.GN. JY.45. Inconsistent. Contact Points renewed.
47.GX. QT.45. Back end of housing collapsed, switch finger adjusted.
74.GN. VM.65. Fails occasionally. Required modifying finger and nut.

20. HP. Motors.

117. 53.S.2. Knocks and crashes.
Z.5.C. CXL.41. Slipping. M
M.2.Q. GKM.63. Slipping. M
1335. GLK.71. Slipping.
A.2.Z. GAJ.36. Slipping. M
N.6.N. GRJ.78. Overhaul.
V.8.H. GBM.7. Modify drive.

Switch Boxes.

130. 53.S.2. Overhaul and re-wire.
YH.15X. 132.KR. General overhaul. Key and lock broken. Piece of nail in the lock.
B.4.E. GDP.27. Faulty brushes.
63.H.2. New brushes and contacts.

Starter Switches.

4.D. CXL.41. Overhaul.
N.4.U. GOS.39. Shorted. Insulation cover broken.
1230. GNK.62. Repair as necessary.

Cut-outs.

2 Burnt out. Modernized and new points.
1 Lead broken. " "
10 Modernized. Points burnt.
2 Dist. Boards and Cut-outs. Points burnt, and modernized to bottle neck type, fuse.

Ignition Coils.
D.51121.

5868. GPK.65. O.K.
5749. GSK.71. O.K. HT. Lead faulty.
6289. GYK.2. Secondary shorted.
4518. GMK.41. O.K. Rewound to D.72503.
5388. GNK.62. Secondary shorted.

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