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).
Instructions for connecting and maintaining battery terminals and cables, including cleaning procedures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan134 | |
| Date | 19th July 1917 guessed | |
| -20- Contd. BATTERY CONNECTIONS. - There are two pairs of cables connectedto the battery terminals, one pair of these carry ing the heavy current for the start er motor and one pair all the other currents in or out of the battery. The correct action of the system is dependent upon their correct replacement. The ferrules soldered to the heavy current leads are marked plus and minus to correspond to the battery terminals. The ends of the finer cables are coloured red and white also to correspond respectively to these terminals. The necessary care must be taken to secure clean and sound electrical connections of cables to battery, particularly of the heavy current cables, which should go on first. To clean cable terminals use paraffin, not abrasives, and afterwards vaseline thoroughly If corrosion has taken place, use a solution of ammonium carbonate in the first instance, applying this with a rag. Contd. | ||