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).
Supplier's concerns about the woodwork of 6-volt battery cases.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\3\ img146 | |
| Date | 7th February 1928 | |
| X7535P To HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} from EFC. C. Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} EFC2/T7.2.28. P & R BATTERIES IN 6 VOLT UNITS. Would you kindly note the following extract from a letter I have received from Mr. Minchin of Messrs. Peto & Radford :- "We have repeatedly pointed out to your people that this design is all right for making a few experimental batteries and using them experimentally but that the woodwork is too thin to make a proper job of it and we do not consider it a commercial article to put into the hands of ordinary owners. The woodwork must be slightly thicker and you must give us a little more space in the containing box. Your people always ignore this remark and we do not want you to get so far committed to this battery as to thinking it is a thing that could be standardised as it is. The containing case is not a good enough job." We are in agreement regarding the thinness of the side woodwork of the battery cases. EFC. | ||