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).
Specification for P.B. Braided H.T. cable for tank engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168\1\ img121 | |
| Date | 1st April 1933 | |
| +6117. To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.3/BE5.4.33. P.B. BRAIDED H.T. CABLE. The special P.B. metal braided H.T. Cable on which we have carried out recent experiments and which we recommended for the tank engines, was manufactured to D.T.D. specification No. 172A Section III with the exception that 'Phosphor Bronze' should be inserted for 'copper' in paragraph (e). The Makers are the British Insulated Cables Co, of Prescot, Lancs. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||