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).
Burnt contact points on chassis 18-GIV and the need to shield the ballast resistance.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\5\ img058 | |
| Date | 27th January 1932 | |
| X7720 RV. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. EV{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}/RD. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.7/AD27.1.32. BALLAST RESISTANCE FOR BATTERY IGNITION ON 18-GIV It will be remembered that the contact points on the last 10,000 mile test on the above chassis were burnt very badly due, as suggested in a report, to the effect of the air stream through the radiator cooling the ballast resistance unduly. We should be glad, therefore, if you will instruct for the ballast resistance on this car to be shielded before the next 10,000 mile test is undertaken. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||