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).
Fault where an engine could be started by switching on the lights, and its resolution using a two-pole insulated switch.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 31\2\ Scan016 | |
| Date | 19th February 1920 guessed | |
| Contd. -2- Wor{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager}/Hy{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 3 L13415. trouble and this was that sometimes the engine could be started by switching on one of the electric lights, and as this might in some cases be dangerous we did not propose the scheme for standardisation. The trouble is however now eliminated by the use of the two-pole insulated switch at the bottom of the steering column and the scheme is now therefore quite usable. Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} | ||