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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).
Performance graph of main-brush position tests on a Goshawk dynamo, plotting ampere output against dynamo RPM.

Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\J\May1923\  Scan34
Date  25th May 1933
  
III
HJL / 25-5-33
E-70
MAIN-BRUSH POSITION TESTS
ON
R GOSHAWK DYNAMO, WITH 140-TURN 20 S.W.G. FIELD-COILS
Control brush adjusted in each case to give a final Temperature of from 70° to 75°C, at maximum load.
Final ambient temperature 20°C.
CURVE 5 Brushes .5° retarded (ambt.) 43.5°C
" 4 " .4° " 42°C
" 3 " .3° " 40°C
" 1 " in neutral position 43.5°C
N
Positions measured circumferentially from neutral position.
AMPERE OUTPUT
DYNAMO R.P.M.
Curve Labels on graph: 5, 4, 3, 1, N. At low RPM: 5,4&3, 1, N.
  
  


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