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).
The deterioration of rubber sleeves on switchbox terminals with a suggestion for a replacement material.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 166\3\ img028 | |
| Date | 7th September 1934 | |
| x6090. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/MA.7.9.34. SWITCHBOXES. When examining the switchbox removedfrom 4.B.IV. after a considerable amount of running we found that the rubber sleeves over the terminals had badly deteriorated. We suggest that sleeves of some other material, such as varnished fabric, be tried. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||