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Specification for P.B. Braided H.T. cable for tank engines.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168\1\  img121
Date  1st April 1933
  
+6117.

To E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.3/BE5.4.33.

P.B. BRAIDED H.T. CABLE.

The special P.B. metal braided H.T. Cable on which we have carried out recent experiments and which we recommended for the tank engines, was manufactured to D.T.D. specification No. 172A Section III with the exception that 'Phosphor Bronze' should be inserted for 'copper' in paragraph (e).

The Makers are the British Insulated Cables Co, of Prescot, Lancs.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
  
  
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