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Refuting a previous report concerning issues with insulated plug terminals pulling off wires on the Phantom III.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 91\2\  scan0164
Date  17th July 1937
  
CHATEAUROUX(French test region).
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} /3/JAB.17.7.37.
300A

To. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst.
c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}

32-EX. PHANTOM III.

Insulated Plug Terminals
pulling off wires;

We are amazed at West's memo Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wst.7/JH. 15.7.37, dismissing a real trouble in such a cursory manner.

The first para-graph is not true. "B" Bank is fitted with Helsby cable which has given the same trouble as the Johnson & Phillips on "A" Bank to which he refers.

The second paragraph is also untrue.
GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} has reported that the trouble exists in service, and Bullamore tells us that he has frequently met with the same thing in the Test Department on new chassis.

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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}
  
  
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).


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