Issues with Exide batteries and considering C.A.V.-Willard batteries as an alternative for installations.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\G\June1921\ Scan31 | |
| Date | 14th June 1921 | |
| To EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. " " WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} " " HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} " " DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} " " BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} ORIGINAL X.4288 (crossed out) X.4283 (crossed out) RE ACCUMULATORS FOR BOTH CHASSIS. X.664 I think it is quite clear that we can only consider the Exide and the C.A.V.-Willard battery for our installations in future. We have had many troubles with the Exide batteries, but most of these have probably now been cured. My advice therefore is we finish with batteries for the time being, and instal on our experimental cars, specimens of these two makes until one shews itself superior to the other. In the meantime it would be advisable for us to buy only sufficient batteries to fill the orders received, because it is most likely that these, with other things, will fall in price, and it would be fatal to fill ourselves up with this or any other article. either of doubtful quality or at a wrong price R. {Sir Henry Royce} [Signature] S'E' 2237 (100 L) (2'H 120' 11-8-30) C 3200 | ||
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).