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).
500-hour endurance test for a Lucas Distributor Type X3-1.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\5\ img165 | |
| Date | 4th November 1932 | |
| RR 238 (150 BKS.) (DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 481-8-12 24) MP 306975 X6018 copy for file ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. INSTRUCTIONS. To: HEW Order No. Customer's No. 500 Hours Endurance Test on Lucas Distributor Type X3-1 The above distributor has now completed a 500 hours endurance test. The test was run in conjunction with a Lucas coil Type M3-0 which is of the outside primary type having an enclosed ballast resistance. The chief points of interest are as follows. Contact Point Condition. These points were at the commencement of the test, domed, but are now worn to practically flat surfaces. The total being .004 in the case of each set of points. The condition of the points is fairly good, but they seem more liable to "pitting" than do the points we use on the new type distributor. The condition of these points is definitely inferior to the points on a Peregrine distributor after a similar test. As the ballast Signed: Fonta This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||