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).
Working rules for battery maintenance, including weekly and monthly checks.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan152 | |
| Date | 1st August 1919 | |
| -2- WORKING RULES. WEEKLY:- INSPECT LEVEL OF ACID. KEEP IT TO ½" ABOVE PLATES BY THE ADDITION OF PURE DISTILLED WATER ONLY. MONTHLY:- CHARGE BATTERY UNTIL ALL PLATES GAS FREELY. TEST SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF LIQUID IN ALL CELLS. THIS SHOULD BE 1270 to 1290: IF NOT UP TO THIS, SEE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT, p.10. KEEP THE TOP OF THE BATTERY DRY AND SCRUPULOUSLY FREE FROM DIRT AND ALL FOREIGN SUBSTANCES. KEEP THE TERMINALS CLEAN, THE CONNECTIONS AND VENT PLUGS TIGHT AND THE VENT PLUG PASSAGES CLEAR. KEEP METAL ARTICLES AWAY FROM THE TERMINALS AND CONNECTIONS. KEEP THE BATTERY IN A COOL DRY PLACE WHEN NOT IN USE, AND IF FOR A LONG PERIOD, GIVE THE NECESSARY FRESHENING CHARGES. _________ R.R. 235.A. 100. (T.S.) 616. 8-19. (1) 2460 | ||