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).
Page of amendments and notes regarding battery maintenance, ignition systems, and engine timing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan353 | |
| Date | 10th May 1930 guessed | |
| -4- "Care must be taken to secure clean and sound electrical connections of the cake terminals to the battery lugs. To clean these terminals and the battery terminals use paraffin, not abrasives. Afterwards again vaseline thoroughly. To remove corrosion use a solution of ammonium carbonate in the first instance, applying this with a rag." .................."It is of........... emergency fuse."............ .................."Since each of two positions......... .................. started on magneto.".......... (NB. The gap between the last paragraph and the last but one should be reduced). Use of Charging Switch. ........... "As already mentioned........................ .................. the magneto".................. (NB. The actual figures of dynamo ampere output are slightly modified as previously arranged). Battery Ignition. .................."The battery ignition................... .................. distributor, M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore}"......... "A ballast resistance R, is arranged beneath the coil, being connected in series with the primary winding of that coil. Its function .................... .................. be tightened." Magneto Ignition. .................."The magneto........................ .................. been restored"............... Firing Order of Cylinders. .................."The firing order..................... .................. should be taken"............ Automatic Control of Ignition Timing. .................."Situated at...................... .................. is in position"............ | ||