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).
List and description of electrical components and their functions, including starting, ignition, and dynamo systems.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan037 | |
Date | 6th October 1919 | |
Contd. -2- B. STARTING. (f) Motor. (g) Main switch. (h) Actuator Box. (i) Push ButtonSwitch. C. IGNITION. (j) Lucas Junction Box. (k) Steering Column Switch. (l) Ignition Coil and Ballast Resistance. (m) Contact breaker, Condenser, and Distributor. (n) Magneto. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} OTHER APPARATUS. (o) Klaxon and Klaxon Button. (p) Body Lighting. (q) Other Accessory Apparatus. It will be understood that these main divisions are not all independent in that some electrical units and conductors on the chassis are common to two or more of these, but in making the sub-divisions, such unit is put down once only in the main division to which it seems most appropriate. (3) DESCRIPTION AND ACTION OF UNITS. (a) Dynamo. Electrical energy used on the chassis, with the exception of that of the magneto ignition, is generated by a Lucas E.575 dynamo which is belt driven from the front of the gear box. An adjustment is provided in the dynamo suspension whereby the tension of the belt may be adjusted. The dynamo is a two pole machine with three brushes on its commutator, two of which are main brushes, and the third of which is a control brush, the latter being the, Contd. | ||