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Data table and diagram showing the currents for a Smith (T & M) Type 'A' Dynamo.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\5\  05-page106
Date  1st July 1919
  
SMITH (T & M) TYPE 'A.{Mr Adams}' DYNAMO.

TABLE OF CURRENTS.

Speed. Main current. (M). Field current (F). Control current (C) control brush current. Main brush current (M+F-C).
580 0 2.8 -1.4 4.2
750 5.65 3.0 2.65 6.0
(920) (9.9) (3.15) (6.80)
1000 11.0 3.2 8.0 6.2
1250 12.45 3.2 10.95 4.7
1500 12.9 3.25 12.75 3.35
1750 12.95 3.2 13.6 2.55
2000 12.65 3.2 14.05 1.8
2250 12.45 3.2 14.4 1.25
2500 12.05 3.2 14.65 .6
2750 11.9 3.15 14.9 .15
(2.950) (15.0)
3000 11.8 3.1 15.1 -.2
3250 11.7 3.1 15.3 -.5
3500 11.6 3.1 15.35 -.65

Handwritten notes:
C = 1/2(M+7) nearly
C = M+F

Diagram labels:
M+F-C
M+
A+
C
A-
M-

Maximum current 15.35 amperes.
Brush contact area = .75 x .375 = .281
Amperes per square inch (max) = 54.6.
  
  


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