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Comparison of the total weights for a standard Exide battery and a Peto & Radford BD.11 battery, including their respective boxes and fittings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 38\5\  Scan239
Date  27th July 1922
  
X3398

EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} /T27.7.22.

X.4130. RE WEIGHTS OF BATTERIES. X1723
X.3398.

Weight of present standard Exide battery 83 lbs.

Weight of std. battery box with strap and footboard bolts. 16 lbs.

Total weight. ------- 99 lbs.

Weight of Peto & Radford BD. {Mr Berend} 11 battery without lid. {A. J. Lidsey} 95 lbs.

Weight of battery box lid {A. J. Lidsey} including securing screws and footboard bolts . 4 lbs.

Total weight. --------99 lbs.

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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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