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).
Charging and discharging treatment of a car lighting and starting battery.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 9\6\ 06-page22 | |
| Date | 24th March 1919 | |
| H.R. 235A (500 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17.) Bm. 2/156/13. X 646 24.3.19. ROUTINE TREATMENT OF CAR LIGHTING AND STARTING BATTERIES. Battery under treatment:- Fuller type SQ 12/H B. X 646. 53 a h rated capacity General remarks:- Came in uncharged. (1) Terminals. Lead lugs, brass cones and nuts. (2) Filling. Very difficult job. (3) First charge:- Amperes. From. To. Hours. Ampere hours. 4 2.30 5.30 3 12 3 5.30 9.0 15 1/2 46 1/2 4 9.15 5.15 8 32 2 1/4 5.30 8.30 15 33 3/4 4 8.30 5.30 9 36 2 1/4 5.30 9.0 15 1/2 35 4 9.0 4.0 7 28 Total ampere hours 223 3/4 (4) Discharge at 6 amperes. to 10.5 volts, Total hours 6 1/4 Ampere hours realised. 31 1/2. Contd. | ||