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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).
Faulty dynamo (1696) requiring commutator truing due to a cutout failure.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 57\2\  Scan125
Date  17th May 1928
  
X5783do
EFC. 17.5.28.

DYNAMO 1696 (20 H.P. 57 coil)

I have seen this dynamo in Mr. Brock's Dept.
It is said to charge OK. but the commutator requires truing up. The connections to the comm. have been resoldered outside.

Probably the fault was throwing of solder due to cutout failure.

EFC/F.J.Allen.
  
  


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