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Ignition coil failures on a Bensport engine test bed.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 164\5\  img177
Date  12th June 1933
  
E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}
c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

x6017.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.6/MA.12.6.33.

IGNITION COIL.

Answering your E.1/HP.10.6.33., the failures we have experienced have occurred, one on the BensportCodename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley engine test bed under normal running conditions, and two on our ignition test rig after being tested under voltage condition slightly in excess of those obtaining on the BensportCodename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley engine.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
  
  
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