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).
Report detailing the failure analysis of a battery, noting buckled plates and suggesting ebonite separators for longer life.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\5\ Scan366 | |
| Date | 1st January 1919 | |
| ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. INSTRUCTIONS. II 19 To Order No. JC 25 Customer's No. lost very little active material & were quite strong mechanically, but were badly buckled which had caused the periphery of the grids to fracture. The negative plates were good & strong. The wood separators were fair, but were very thin at the centres where the buckled positive plates had pressed them out & piercing them in places thus causing the leaking effect. No doubt if this battery had been fitted with ebonite separators it would have given a much longer life. Signed F.J. This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||