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The calibration of various moving coil instruments before and after testing, with a concluding recommendation.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168\5\  img288
Date  17th May 1934
  
-2- Ha/Wat.7/M.17.5.34. Cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}

The subsequent calibration of the instruments
however shewed a marked difference to their initial
readings. In some cases, e.g. the Ferranti, C.A.V. and
Elliot which are all moving coil instruments, the full
scale reading shewed a difference of 6 amperes.

We give below calibration tables before and
after the test which indicate the discrepancy.

Calibration before test.
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Master Ferranti. C.A.V. Elliot. Lucas. Weston.
Instr.

5 4 4 4.8 4 4
10 8 8 9 7.5 8
20 17 16 17 15 18
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Calibration after test.
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5 5.5 6 5 6 7.5
10 11 11 11 11 13.5
20 23 22 23 20 21
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Our conclusion therefore is that heavy current
accessories must be definitely prevented from passing their
current through the ammeter. Conversely the range of the
ammeter must be increased.


Ha/Wat.
  
  
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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