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Swapping of a Lucas magneto with a Watford magneto between cars 9-EX and 10-EX due to noise levels.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 40\2\  Scan222
Date  9th August 1927
  
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}

X8793
9.8.27.
V7791

We have changed the Lucas magneto fitted to 9-EX. to 10-EX. The Watford sleeveless magneto (No.98201) which was fitted to 10-EX has been fitted to 9-EX.

We have made this change owing to the superiority in quietness of the Lucas magneto, the Watford make and break is decidedly more noisy than the Lucas, and we require a quiet magneto on 10-EX before it is sent to R and BJ.

Speedometer readings when changed :-

10-EX 4618.
9-EX. 6234.

A.J.Lidsey.
  
  
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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