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Request for a further ignition coil with altered primary and secondary winding specifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 164\5\  img234
Date  16th August 1935
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}

86017

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.15/KW.16.8.35.

Ignition Coil to D.74451.

Will you please have a further coil produced for us with the winding altered as follows :-

(1) Primary Winding.
385 turns of 20 SWG. Enamel single paper covered wire (.040" dia. overall) in 10 layers.

(2) Secondary Winding.
16,000 turns of 44 SWG enamelled wire.

A new insulating tube will be required for the primary winding .115" less in diameter than the existing tube D.74432. The external iron sheath to D.74447 should be deleted.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst.
  
  
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