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Test procedure for a magneto's high-speed sparking gap.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 4\5\  05-page139
Date  3rd February 1921
  
4a
EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
Feb. 3rd. 1921.
P.A.64
X.430 - MAGNETO. - HIGH SPEED SUB-TESTS.
(1) Find maximum regular sparking gap for all high speeds (speeds above 1300 R.P.M.) for
Advance
Central
Retard.
(2) Adjust gap so that regular sparking takes place at all high speeds and positions of lever. Now short each gap in turn with lever in each position and varying speed.
(3) Repeat (2) but instead of shorting the gaps, watch sparks for any difference that may be seen in the sparks themselves.
C.A.P.
  
  
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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