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).
Instructions for battery maintenance and care.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan087 | |
| Date | 8th August 1919 | |
| 1a. ADD DISTILLED WATER, NOT DILUTED ACID, TO COMPENSATE FOR EVAPORATION. TO COMPENSATE FOR LOSSES DUE TO SPILLING OR DUE TO THE SP.{Mr Spinney} GR.{George Ratcliffe} HAVING BECOME TOO LOW PURE BRIMSTONE SULPHURIC ACID OF 1.250 SP.{Mr Spinney} GR.{George Ratcliffe} MAY BE ADDED. KEEP THE CELLS FREE FROM DIRT AND ALL FOREIGN SUBSTANCES. KEEP THE TERMINALS CLEAN? THE CONNECTIONS TIGHT, AND THE VENT PLUG PASSAGES CLEAR. THE TERMINALS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO COME IN CONTACT WITH A METAL SURFACE. KEEP THE BATTERY IN A COOL DARK PLACE WHEN NOT IN USE. [Watermark: 1904 MADE AT CROXLEY] [Footer, upside down: R.R. 235 A (100 T) (D.S.P. S16. 8-8-19) C. 2460.] | ||