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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).
Complaint of erratic charging from a Bentley P.6.RR dynamo on chassis 122 JD.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 168a\3\  img405
Date  24th June 1937
  
WTT 6142

By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}
c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst.

Kingsbury.
Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 24.6.37.

BENTLEY DYNAMO P.6.RR.
Complaint erratic charging by
Dixon Mayee Chassis 122 JD.{J. Draper - Frames}

This dynamo was fitted at a mileage of 3658.
It has come in for erratic charging at 3,789 mileage, run 131 miles. The commutator is smothered in oil. The tachometer drive housing has got a breather. We are sending the dynamo for your inspection. It should then be sent to Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy} for correction and replacement for Kingsbury.

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


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