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).
Preference for separate starter motors and dynamos over combined units for simplicity and ease of repair.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\F\January1921\ Scan17 | |
| Date | 12th January 1921 | |
| To CL. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} [strikethrough text] R.R. of America, Inc. (For the attention of C.F.) ORIGINAL H3/G10/1/21. D 12 JAN 1921 RECEIVED X.4216 X.294 X.543 X.3371 RE STARTING AND LIGHTING SCHEMES. I have lately gone closely into the present available schemes of combined starter motor and dynamo, and although there is an arrangement on the Buick which seems good, I still retain my original conclusion that for simplicity of understanding etc. the separate machines are much to be preferred. I can realize that unless a garage keep a specialist in electrical equipment, the ordinary fitters are quite lost with most electrical equipments and combined starters and dynamos are worse than separate machines in case of an electrical fault. R.{Sir Henry Royce} EFC JAN 12 1922 RECEIVED. | ||