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).
Comparing the service performance of Peto & Radford batteries against Exide batteries.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\5\ Scan339 | |
| Date | 1st March 1924 | |
| X3398 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. EFC. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Hmr. c. Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} X664. X.4414P X 4414E X. 3398✓ X. 4288. EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}25/HlS.3.24. re. Batteries for Cars. We feel that we have now had sufficient experience in the use of batteries both on test cars and on cars in service to report that the Peto & Radford batteries appear to have given generally better service all round. This point also appears to be confirmed by enquiries from the Service Depots, and although as far as we are concerned, we are not having much trouble generally with batteries, so far as cars being delivered to customers are concerned, we are informed that the Service Depots are still having trouble with Exide batteries, and they feel that Peto & Radford batteries give much better service. We are certainly able to say definitely that this is so as far as batteries used for production testing are concerned. We should like this point confirming by Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||