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).
The battery arrangement for the 'Japan 3' project, favouring width over length.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 58\3\ Scan168 | |
| Date | 23th January 1931 | |
| EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} FROM DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} X.6107. DA {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} 2/M23.1.31. C. to WOR. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X.6107 JAPAN 3. BATTERY. C. to RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} DY. {F R Danby} It seems certain that we shall want to use the battery arranged with all the cells with the long dimensions across the width of the car, that is to say, on the lines of figures 1. 2. 4. and 5. and 6. in the National Accumulator catalogue, rather than fig. 3. This is because the width is a very important factor, more important than the length. We should like to have your remarks on this point. You will remember that we indicated on N. sch. 3169. such a battery using the same cells as now but arranged in this same way. DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} RECEIVED 26 JAN 1931 | ||