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).
Pros and cons of different fuse designs in response to a complaint.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 50\1\ Scan197 | |
| Date | 19th August 1924 | |
| EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 19.8.24. RE FUSES. The fuse which is my opinion remedies EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 's complaint is the nut and bolt arrangement although I consider it has three disadvantages in comparison with the present standard, namely:- (1). A spanner is required instead of a screw driver. (2) It looks more clumsy. (3) Takes more time to change a fuse. The fuse which looks the neatest is the slot and screw type. This has a disadvantage owing to the fact that when the screws are tightened upon the wire it tends to fracture (it fractured on the fuse I refilled). The present type pulls the wire taut when the screws are tightened, as per EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 's complaint. EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} /HEW. | ||