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).
Cause of battery discharge, suggesting improved accumulator cells over increasing dynamo capacity.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\F\April1921\ Scan25 | |
| Date | 4th April 1921 | |
| To EFC. from R.{Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. " " BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} (crossed out) " " HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} (crossed out) " " EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} (crossed out) " " PN.{Mr Northey} (crossed out) " " R.R. of America Inc. (For the attention of OY.) ORIGINAL X.664 RE ACCUMULATORS. X.607. My impression is that the internal leakage within the cells of the accumulator through imperfect separators and the deposits on the supports, is the real cause of the battery running down when standing, and the cause of it being thought that the dynamo does not maintain the charge in the cells through insufficient capacity or through not cutting in early enough. If this is so, it would be far more satisfactory to get cells which will hold their charge better, than it would be to increase the capacity of the dynamo, which would only result in most cases of destruction of the cells and loss of liquids by overcharging. R.{Sir Henry Royce} (Stamp: RECEIVED APR 13 1921 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}) S200 C (10-8-11) 681 H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} (2') T (100) V(S20) E.B. | ||