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Instructions and test results for an ignition tester under various spark plug conditions.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\I\October1922\  Scan71
Date  26th July 1922
  
RR 238 (300 Bks.) (SF 152. 6-11-18.) MP 197880
ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED.
INSTRUCTIONS.
To: E.F.C.
Order No: P.B. 44
Customer's No: X.
the Ignition Tester.
Conditions amounting to:-
1 Open, or short circuit line, of plug. No flashing.
2 appreciable (crossed out) Leakage across plug. Dim or irregular flashing.
3 Normal plug. Regular, medium flashing.
4 Plug points too wide. Bright flashing.
Tested on the spark gaps of the battery ignition and magneto, the following results were obtained. For condition:-
1 No flash. Occasional faint flash (inductive) for remaining gaps.
2 Dim flash in response to sparks at all gaps.
3 Medium flash for test gap, and inductive flashes (medium to dim) in response to remaining five gaps.
arrange at (in left margin)
4 Bright flash for test gap; medium to dim for other gaps.
Signed: Cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work.
  
  
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).


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