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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).
Test results page detailing secondary resistance, temperature, current, and speed measurements.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 163\7\  img128
Date  10th October 1930 guessed
  
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(6) (a) Secondary resistance after test :- 7430 ohms.
Corresponding temperature :- 232 ºC.
Primary current at end of test :- 1.275 amperes.
Ambient temperature:- 20 ºC.

(b) Secondary resistance after test :- 7100 ohms.
Corresponding temperature :- 210 ºC.
Primary current at end of test :- 1.72 amperes.
Ambient temperature :- 18 ºC.

(7) Test voltage on secondary — not easily measurable as coil is sealed up in case.
Test OK.

(8) Speed. Current (amperes)
200 1.011
300 .944
400 .868
500 .815
600 .768
700 .715
800 .664
1000 .582
1200 .533
1400 .465
1600 .419
1800 .358
  
  


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