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 a battery manufacturer concerning the production of a sample battery for a 40/50 chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\4\ Scan009 | |
| Date | 14th January 1932 | |
| X6136 Manufacturers of P. & R.{Sir Henry Royce} Accumulators. ESTABLISHED 1889. PETO & RADFORD Proprietors:—Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company, Limited. DIRECTOR SIR ARCHIBALD G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} GOLD. P. C. GRAHAM MENZIES. C. R.{Sir Henry Royce} D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} PRITCHETT S. R.{Sir Henry Royce} H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} MINCHIN. T. W. PRITCHETT WILLIAM PETO. LONDON OFFICE 50. GROSVENOR GARDENS. VICTORIA, LONDON. S.W.1. Please reply to the WORKS at DAGENHAM DOCK, ESSEX. Station: Dagenham Dock, (L.M.S. Rly. Tilbury Section). TELEPHONE No.: RAINHAM 34 (2 Lines.) TELEGRAMS: PETO RADFORD DAGENHAM YOUR REF Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.5/AD. OUR REF CGFP/GL.{G. Linnett} 14th. January, 1932. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Sirs, Interchangeability. In reply to your letter of the 8th. inst., and confirming the visit of our Mr. Preston yesterday, we are proceeding without delay with the production of a sample battery for the 40/50 chassis having external dimensions and similar in design to the Chloride Co's 3XC15 type. The plates in this battery, however, will not be of the normal thin type, but will have a thickness equivalent to that of the plates in the present 3-RRN11 battery, so that the life will be the same. The battery will also be fitted with burnt-on connections and standard S.M.M.T. taper posts. We understand that Mr. West wishes to come down to these Works to supervise the test on this battery, and we estimate that we can have it ready in about a fortnight's time. If it is then satisfactory we can prepare full working drawings for you. We are going very carefully into the matter now, and will write you again in two or three days to suggest a suitable date for Mr. West's visit. Yours faithfully, PETO & RADFORD. C G Pritchett | ||