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Testing procedures and specifications for a condenser, including charge holding, capacity, and sparking tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 52\3\  Scan072
Date  25th October 1922 guessed
  
X4430
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(7) The capability of holding a static charge should again be verified.

(8) The condenser should again be tested for final capacity, when the milli-amperes taken at 200 volts 50.7 for a condenser temperature of 180C shall lie between the limits 17.5 and 21.0. For other temperatures, the limits must be increased or reduced proportionally at the rate of 1.5% per °C.

These allowable limits should also be increased or reduced proportionally if the voltage is not exactly 200.

Note:- Corresponding capacity limits at 18° .275 to .325 mf.

(9) The condensers should be given a short run on an otherwise standard distributor and sparking rig, with a view to observing the degree of sparking at the contact points.

A condenser with a faulty connection will invariably show bad sparking.




EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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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