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} | ||