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).
Letter discussing the feasibility of using the dynamo on a Light Tank engine to charge two batteries.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\4\ img108 | |
| Date | 26th June 1933 | |
| WST x6122 To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. from E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} E.5/HP.26.6.33. C. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} Dv. F.{Mr Friese} .re 2 Batteries on Light Tanks. We attach herewith copy of letter received from Woolwich Arsenal, in which they ask us if we think the dynamo fitted to the Light Tank engine capable of taking care of two batteries. Would you kindly let us have your views on this proposal. We realise, of course, there are no head lights on the Light Tanks, so that the dynamo never operates under the conditions which obtain on a car at night time, in which case there is nearly always a fair amount of charge available when running. There is no doubt that vibrator control would probably be the best system for taking care of the conditions required in the future. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} ATT: | ||