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).
Burnt-out dynamo fault on car GBK.66, caused by loose connections due to missing nuts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0220 | |
| Date | 21th October 1936 | |
| 81113 To Hon. Rn.{Mr Robinson} Cricklewood, Oct. 21st, 1936. Dynamo's. A complaint came in with a burnt out dynamo control and the solder melted out of the comutator segments. Car GBK.66. Dynamo No. A25B. The fault was traced to someone at the Works forgetting to put nuts on main connections from the brush gear to the output terminal. The connection being loose caused heating up. G.W.Hancock. | ||