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).
Damage to batteries caused by the securing method in the chassis and proposing a solution.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\4\ Scan286 | |
| Date | 20th April 1936 | |
| To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} r6021. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.2/JH.20.4.36. Support of Batteries in Chassis. We are continually experiencing trouble with batteries due to the method of holding down the same in the battery box. The securing nuts are tightened up too hard causing the containershugs either to bend and crack the sealing bitumen along the edges of the end cells lid{A. J. Lidsey}, or crack the container itself. We wonder whether it is possible to have long tubular distance pieces to prevent the battery nuts being tightened excessively in such a way as to damage the battery. We do feel the matter warrants design attention and maybe slight alteration to the battery container inserts. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||