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).
Preference for separate starter motors and dynamos over combined units for simplicity and maintenance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 48\3\ Scan318 | |
| Date | 10th January 1921 | |
| X4216 To CJ. from R. {Sir Henry Royce} c. to BJ c. to PNJ c. to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to EWC. c. to R.R. of America Inc. (For the attention of OY.) R3/G10.1.21. [Stamped Box] X.4216. X.294. X.543. [text heavily crossed out] S RE STARTING AND LIGHTING SCHEMES. X 3317 X 4216 I have lately gone closely into the present available schemes of combined starter motor and dynamo, and although there is an arrangement on the Buick which seems good, I still retain my original conclusion that for simplicity of understanding etc. the separate machines are much to be preferred. I [stamp: am] can realise that unless a garage keep a specialist in electrical equipment, the ordinary fitters are quite lost with most electrical equipments and combined starters and dynamos are worse than separate machines in case of an electrical fault. [Watermark: GHOST 304] [Watermark: MADE AT CROXLEY] R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||