Inquiring about premature failure of Watford EW6 magneto contact breaker points.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\3\ scan0343 | |
| Date | 9th February 1929 | |
| Typed Text: To <strikethrough>Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} </strikethrough> NRC. {N. R. Chandler} from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} X1791 EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 3/T9.2.29. WATFORD EW6 MAGNETOS. We should be pleased to know if you have as yet any evidence of premature failure of EW6 magneto contact breaker points. On experimental cars we have one or two cases of these points burning away prematurely. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} Handwritten Text: [Top left corner]: H.E.W. [Across the 'To/From' line]: EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} [Left margin]: Capt Hallam & for Mr Clark. had We have only one EW6 for repair so far & the points were ok on this. H J Balsamo [Bottom right, circled]: noted. H E W | ||
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).