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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).
Graph of ampere output versus dynamo RPM from main-brush position tests on a Goshawk dynamo.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 51\1\  Scan151
Date  29th March 1923
  
X.4383
IV
AMPERE OUTPUT
DYNAMO R.P.M.
MAIN-BRUSH POSITION TESTS
OF
R GOSHAWK DYNAMO WITH THICK CARCASE
AND
SMALL AIR-GAP.
Control brush adjusted in each case, to give a final temperature of from 77° to 80°C at maximum load.
Final ambient temperature 21°C.
9.16" CURVE 4 Brushes 4° retarded 78°C
6.87" " 3 " 3° " 79°C
4.58" " 2 " 2° " 78°C
2.29" " 1 " 1° " 79.5°C
O N - In neutral position 77°C
2.29" Ex1 1° advanced 77°C
4.58" Ex2 2° " 79°C
Positions measured circumferentially
on VEE RING
from neutral position.
  
  


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