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).
Letter from Peto & Radford concerning charging on the New Phantom and suggestions for the instruction book.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan256 | |
| Date | 21th October 1925 | |
| X8782 COPY OF LETTER FROM:- PETO & RADFORD, 50, GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, S.W.1. M/S. 21st October, 1925. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Fowler Clark Esq., Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Derby. XS780 Y8660 Dear Fowler Clark, Thanks for your letter of the 16th inst. re charging on the New PhantomCodename for PHANTOM I, which is most interesting. I think that you would make an admirable Barrister pleading a case which was a bit thin. If a position for running on magneto and battery without charge cannot be given then I think it should be definitely said so, and what is written in the Instruction Book should be modified and made clear to the owner that he must at times give his battery rest and at such times he has to run on battery ignition only in order to do it. I quite follow your various reasons why the charging is not so serious and agree with them, but I think the instruction book should be modified as you yourself say in the second paragraph of your letter. At present it distinctly gives the impression that wherever possible to run on both ignitions and at the same time give the battery a rest. If the instruction book was modified on the lines you suggest I think it would be all right, though I must say I still think the ideal arrangement would be to have some means of running on both ignitions without charging, but I quite see the difficulties. Yours sincerely, (sgd) G.R.N. Minchin. | ||