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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 test results for a heater control switch from the British Thermostat Co.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 137\2\  scan0022
Date  22th December 1937
  
12-7
EWS/JF
MEMORANDUM
Report dated 22nd. December, 1937.
From RESEARCH DEPT.
To

HEATER CONTROL SWITCH FROM BRIT.THERMOSTAT.CO.

The switch was connected in circuit with a standard Klaxon 12 volt. motor and C.C. type car heater fan. The effect of the various position of the control are tabulated below:-

| Position | Volts. | Amps. | Watts. | R.P.M. |
|----------|--------|-------|--------|--------|
| Off | - | - | - | - |
| On | 12.0 | 1.2 | 14.4 | 2,830 |
| 2 | 11.25 | 1.15 | 12.95 | 2,550 |
| 4 | 10.0 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 2,370 |
| 6 | 9.2 | 1.08 | 9.95 | 2,100 |
| 8 | 8.25 | 1.0 | 8.25 | 1,870 |
| Low | 7.50 | 0.97 | 7.275 | 1,600 |

* Nos. refer to the second, fourth, sixth etc., "long stroke" on control dial.

R = V/c
  
  


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