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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).
Numerical particulars for a Remy 12 cylinder 6 volt ignition coil system.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 52\3\  Scan362
Date  14th February 1924
  
X. 2814

NUMERICAL PARTICULARS.
OF
IGNITION COIL SYSTEM.

SYSTEM. Remy 12 cylinder 6 volt

CORE.
Length (inches) before turning over. 5.500
Diameter of wire (inches) .036
No. of wires. 235
Total cross section of iron (inches2) .237
Saturation pope strength. (at 10800 poles per sq. in.) 2560
Saturation core flux. 32200

PRIMARY.
Number of turns. n 180
No. of layers. 2
Dia. of wire (inches) .040
Approx. resistance (ohms) (working condition). R1 .235
Approx. inductance (secohms) (henries). L .00300

PRIMARY & CORE.
Interlinkages per ampere. 10^8 L 300,000
Flux per ampere. 10^8 L/n. 1667
Fraction of saturation per ampere. .052
No. of turns x C.S. area. 42.7
Initial rate of rise of primary current (amperes per second). E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /L. 2000

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