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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 report on endurance, circuit tests, and volt-speed curve performance.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\3\  scan0022
Date  26th May 1927 guessed
  
-3- Contd. W

(6) Endurance test :-
OK.
Bakelite distributor gear wheel has high spot causing rather uneven meshing.

(7) Short ~~endurance~~ circuit test :-
OK.

(8) Open circuit test :-
OK.
uneven sparking at the safety gap.

(9) Open circuit primary volt-speed curve.

Speed. Volts. Volts/Speed.
400 2.50 .00625
800 4.58 .00573
1200 6.90 .00575
1600 8.75 .00547
2000 11.57 .00578
2400 13.64 .00567
2800 15.48 .00553
3200 17.40 .00543
3400 18.32 .00539

Contd.

Volt-ampere capacity at 2000 rpm = 21.4.
Figure of merit = 1.57 (very poor).
  
  


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