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).
Order of urgency list for modifications and investigations into dynamos, regulators, and starter motors.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\N\2October1925-December1925\ Scan69 | |
| Date | 6th October 1925 guessed | |
| Contd. -2- ORDER OF URGENCY GENERATOR & DISTRIBUTION 30 HP Dynamo. 1. Increased output with same heating. 2. Two special armatures. 3. Various special pole pieces. 4. B.L.I.C. electrolytic regulator, adapted to dynamo. Brush & Commutator System. 1. E.G.2. Morganite brushes as second string. 2. RAC. type brush gear. 40/50 Dynamo. 1. Improvement of performance (same heating), to more than specified output. 2. Special pole pieces. 3. Thinner plate armature. 40/50 Brush & Comm. System. 1. Modified brush gear to take narrower (circumferentially) brushes. 2. Brush grades other than standard. Distribution Board & Cutout. 1. Various arrangements of cutout contact supports to improve life. 2. Reynold contact points. (Standard - Johnson-Matthey). External (shunt) Dynamo Regulators. 1. Midgley and Liberty. 2. Scintilla, Westinghouse and Bijur, for further investigation. 3. R.R. - awaiting West WitteringHenry Royce's home town. STARTER MOTOR. 1. 40/50 RAC. type starter motors with varying features. 2. Starter motor silent operating gear. for | ||