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 from British Insulated Cables Ltd. regarding a failure of their latest Ignition Cable on a Phantom III chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 167\3\ img015 | |
| Date | 15th February 1937 | |
| 6110 TELEGRAMS: 'LIMITED, HELSBY.' TELEPHONE Nº 66. WORKS, PRESCOT AND HELSBY. HEAD OFFICE: PRESCOT, LANCS. TELEGRAMS: 'INSULATOR, PRESCOT.' TELEPHONE Nº 6571 PRESCOT. TEN LINES - PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE British Insulated Cables Ltd. Makers of B.I. CABLES Manufactures: ALUMINIUM. SHEETS & SECTIONS. BOXES. JOINT, SERVICE, NETWORK. CABLES. FOR ALL ELECTRICAL PURPOSES. COMMUTATOR BARS. COMPOUNDS. CONDENSERS. STATIC. COPPER. STRANDS & SECTIONS. FLEXIBLES. FUSE BOXES. KNIFE SWITCHES. METERS. OVERHEAD EQUIPMENT. RAILWAY, TRAMWAY, LIGHT & POWER. PAPER PINIONS. PILLARS & KIOSKS. RAIL BONDS. VARNISHES. WELDERS. ELECTRIC. WIRE. ALUMINIUM, COPPER, COTTON COVERED, ENAMELLED, SILK COVERED, FUSE, TROLLEY. WIRING SYSTEMS. Messrs. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., HELSBY, DERBY. NEAR WARRINGTON. PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMPANY AND REFER TO EAB/RB.{R. Bowen} Ref. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst7/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 15th. Feb., 1937. Dear Sirs, We have your letter of the 13th. inst., and regret to note that you have had another failure of our latest Ignition Cable on your Phantom III Chassis. We will examine the sample which you enclose and will let you have our remarks in due course. Yours faithfully, British Insulated Cables Limited. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Bailes Works Manager Helsby. | ||