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Battery test data from fourth and fifth charge cycles, with readings for P&R and Exide cells.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168b\3\  img028
Date  20th January 1930 guessed
  
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Date.

(16) Fourth charge:-
Charge given:- 90 ampere hours at 7 amperes.
11-1-30 to 14-1-30

| | P&R | | | Exide | | |
| Cell No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Density | 1280 | 1280 | 1280 | 1280 | 1280 | 1290 |
| Voltage | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 |
| +ve to cadmium | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 |
| -ve to cadmium | -.2 | -.2 | -.2 | -.2 | -.2 | -.2 |

(17) Battery temperature :- 20°C. 68°F. {Mr Friese}
15-1-30
Ampere-hours realised up to point where record takes a sudden turn down:- 63.2

| | P&R | | | Exide | | |
| Cell No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Density | 1150 | 1150 | 1150 | 1100 | 1100 | 1100 |
| Voltage | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 |
| +ve to cadmium | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| -ve to cadmium | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 |

(18) Fifth charge :- 115 ampere hours at 7 amperes.
Charge given:-
16-1-30 to 17-1-30

| | P&R | | | Exide | | |
| Cell No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Density | 1280 | 1280 | 1280 | 1280 | 1280 | 1280 |
| Voltage | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 |
| +ve to cadmium | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 |
| -ve to cadmium | -.2 | -.2 | -.2 | -.2 | -.2 | -.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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