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 to a radio manufacturer advising against the use of metal braided cable for the H.T. wire.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\2\ scan0259 | |
| Date | 4th August 1936 | |
| X6153 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.11/MA. 4th August, 1936. Messrs.Philco Radio and Television Corporation of Great Britain, Ltd., Aintree Road, Perivale, Greenford, MIDDLESEX. Dear Sirs, We have noted that on some of our customers cars fitted with your radio sets the H.T. wire from the coil to the distributor has been substituted for a metal braided cable. We are not sure whether this has been done by the radio mechanics who installed the set or by the Coachbuilders but we would advise you that the fitting of such a wire is strongly deprecated by us as it considerably reduces the reliability of the ignition system. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||