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).
Specification for Ferflex Braided electric cable.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\2\ img103 | |
| Date | 14th September 1923 | |
| Revised 14-9-23 ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. Specification Number 254. FERFLEX BRAIDED. MATERIAL. ELECTRIC CABLE. 600 megohm grade. TYPE OF CORE. Twin. CORE SIZE. 2-90/36. OUTSIDE DIAMETER. .422 Maximum. CONDUCTOR. High Conductivity Tinned Copper Wire. DIELECTRIC. One layer pure and two layers vulcanizing rubber. The radial thickness of the pure rubber shall be at least .006 and the total thickness of the dielectric must be .035 minimum. PROTECTIVE COVERING. Each core taped. One core coloured red and the other white. Cores twisted together and wormed circular with cotton. Taped and protected overall with a Ferflex braid of 36 S.W.G., tinned copper wire. | ||