Responding to a query about battery ignition system failures, specifically seizing levers and broken springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 70\3\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 18th May 1927 | |
| EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} C. to Test Dept. C. to BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X.87834 Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} /NRC {N. R. Chandler} 1/EW18.5.27. Re Battery Ignition. In reply to your EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 1/T16.5.27 - (a). We cannot recall a single instance of the lever which carries the platinum point seizing on its pivot. (b). There were a fair number of broken springs in the early days of this type of make and break, but for some considerable time past now they have not been a source of trouble to us, and we feel safe in saying that the occurrence is comparatively rare - perhaps only a few in a year. Hm {Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} /NRC. {N. R. Chandler} wrep | ||
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).