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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).
Graph of Main-Brush Position Tests for a Goshawk Dynamo, plotting Ampere Output vs Dynamo RPM.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 51\1\  Scan150
Date  20th February 1934
  
Y4383
III
AMPERE OUTPUT
DYNAMO R.P.M.
MAIN-BRUSH POSITION TESTS
ON
RR GOSHAWK DYNAMO WITH 140-TURN 20 S.W.G. FIELD-COILS
Control brush adjusted in each case to give a final temperature of from 72 to 78°C at maximum load
Final ambient temperature 20°C
CURVE & Brushes Q Retarded
11·45° - Curve 4 - Brushes Q Retarded 78°C
9·16° - Curve 5 - Brushes Q Retarded 78°C
6·87° - Curve 3 - Brushes Q Retarded 72°C
2·29° - Curve 1 - Brushes Q Retarded 80°C?
0° - Curve N - In neutral position 80°C?
Position measured circumferentially on carcase from neutral position.
JWH 20.2.34
  
  


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