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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 comparison of E.A.C. and Lucas E.575 dynamos with varying temperatures, belt drive ratios and pole piece materials.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 36\4\  scan 255
Date  5th December 1923
  
X.3014B

X.9660 - E.A.C. DYNAMO. X.3014B

The Lucas E.575 machine in the fully hot condition puts up 13.6 volts at 720 R.P.M.
At 75°C (in accordance with general specification) the speed might be approximately 665 R.P.M.
This lower speed, with the original 1.56 belt drive ratio, would correspond to a road cutting in speed of 12.75 m.p.h.
With the later belt drive ratio of 1.7, the speed would correspond to a road cutting in speed of 11.7 m.p.h.
The E.A.C. machine, as originally arranged with cast iron pole pieces to put up at 75°C 13.6 volts at 575 R.P.M., would, with a 1.56 belt drive ratio give a road cutting in speed of 11.0 m.p.h.
Arranged with mild steel pole pieces to put up 13.6 volts at 75°C, at 500 R.P.M., it would, with a 1.5 belt drive ratio, give a road cutting in speed of 10.0 m.p.h.

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