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The policy for changing batteries on models, with a specific comment on the Wraith battery.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 151\3\  scan0362
Date  4th February 1938
  
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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} 1/WH.4.2.38.

In future, batteries should not be changed on any models until they have been proved satisfactory both on a car and on bench tests.

The Wraith battery appears to have been an effort on someone's part to save weight and money irrespective of performance.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym. {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager}
  
  
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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