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).
Letter to Philips Lamps Ltd. regarding an objection to pitting and welding of regulator contacts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\3\ scan0292 | |
| Date | 25th March 1935 | |
| Y6153 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.1/MA. 25th March, 1935. Messrs.Philips Lamps, Ltd., Philips House, 145, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. Dear Sirs, Replying to your letter of the 23rd instant our objection is based on the fact that the discharge capacitive energy across the first pair of regulator contacts on "make" causes rapid pitting and welding of the same. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||