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Improvement to the battery cable routing for the starter switch on the Bentley V.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\2\  img446
Date  24th October 1940
  
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Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs}
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RC. {R. Childs} 3/ET.24.10.40.

On the Bentley V. {VIENNA} the starter switch is mounted so as to overhang the side of the frame and the main cable from the battery enters the base from underneath.

This leaves about 6 inches of cable unsupported and, at the same time, looks slovenly.

It would be a better job if the cable were to enter the base at the back end, in a similar manner to the starter cable at the front end.

This would allow the battery cable to be taken along the frame, right into the switch.

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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