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Output tests on Delco-Remy high output production coils, recording gap, kilo-volts, and primary current at various distributor speeds.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 164\5\  img381
Date  19th July 1938
  
OUTPUT TESTS ON COILS.
MAKER: Delco-Remy
TYPE: High Output (production)
DISTRIBUTOR USED: Delco-Remy
MAKE RATIO: .75
LOAD VALUE: .5 Megohms
VOLTAGE: 12
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE: 27°C
DATE: 19.7.38
CONDITIONS OF TEST
Output taken from distributor with coil in a cold condition. Primary connections connected opposite to that as marked.

TABLE DATA:
DIST. SPEED | GAP. | KILO-VOLTS | PRIMARY CURRENT
0 | | | 4.15
200 | .072 | 8.0 | 2.70
400 | .073 | 8.1 | 2.36
600 | .076 | 8.4 | 2.17
800 | .077 | 8.5 | 2.00
1000 | .076 | 8.4 | 1.89
1200 | .075 | 8.3 | 1.79
1400 | .074 | 8.2 | 1.71
1600 | .072 | 8.0 | 1.60
1800 | .071 | 7.9 | 1.53
2000 | .070 | 7.85 | 1.44
2200 | .064 | 7.3 | 1.27
2400 | .061 | 7.0 | 1.18

Primary Inductance :-
Secondary Inductance :-
Tested By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

Page Number: 2
  
  
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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