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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).
Test log sheet detailing battery charging cycles, cell densities, and performance data.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 54\2\  Scan140
Date  8th February 1924 guessed
  
(3) A
Contd.

Date

(13) Third charge equivalent to average current of 6.0 amperes.
for 20. hours.
i.e. ampere-hours = 120

12-7-24
to
15-7-24

(14) Cell densities.
(1) 1290 (4) 1290
(2) 1290 (5) 1290
(3) 1290 (6) 1290

15-7-24

(15) Initial amperes = 110.0 Temp:- 18.0°C.
Time to 104 amperes:- 11.5 mins.
" " 100 " 16.6 "
" " 90 " 21.9 "
" " 80 " 23.7 "

15-7-24

(16) Fourth charge equivalent to average current of 6.0 amperes.
for 20.0 Hours
i.e. ampere-hours = 120.0

15-7-24
to
17-7-24

(17) Ampere hours realised up to a point where record takes a sudden turn down :- 80.6
Temperature :- 18.0°C.

18-7-24

(18) Fifth charge equivalent to average current of 6.0 amperes
for 20.0 hours
i.e. ampere-hours:- 120.0

19-7-24
to
22-7-24
  
  


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