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).
Battery explosion in a 20 HP Chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 47\4\ Scan044 | |
| Date | 12th November 1925 | |
| ( EFC. absent). X4118 EFC/T12.11.25. To Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} from EFC/T. No.1354 - 20 HP. Chassis. Answering your hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}13/W9.11.25, EFC. remarks as follows :- "The battery cannot cause an explosion if connections are O.K. and no lights about. This is guarded against in Instruction Book." It seems probable that gas has collected in the battery box and a loose connection has caused a spark which ignited the gas. EFC. | ||