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).
Adoption of Delco-Remy battery ignition components and their reliability at high speeds.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 163\7\ img173 | |
| Date | 23th December 1931 | |
| COPY. X6120 HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FROM E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} E3/M23.12.31. X6095 C. to SG.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} MOR. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} 3. BATTERY IGNITION. In reply to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/WST6/KT141231., we are adopting the same form of HT. connection as used on the Delco-Remy coil. This increases the outside leakage path to earth. With regard to HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/WST1/AD161231., we are using the Delco-Remy make and break double levers and cam profile. In view of this it would be useful to find out how these compare with what we are now using as regards reliability of operation at high speeds. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||