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Recurring headlamp bulb failure likely caused by a loose bulb holder and vibration.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 162\1\  img057
Date  4th February 1938
  
-2- Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 1/JH.4.2.38.

(5) This customer is in the habit of riding with his
headlamp in the dipped position: the bulb in
the nearside lamp had blown on various occasions.
This probably is due to the bulb holder which is a
loose fit with the bayonet cap of the bulb, allowing
vibration to shorten the life of the bulb.


Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
  
  
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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