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 from E.K. Cole Ltd. regarding a replacement radio receiver unit, an inter-connecting cable, and a body wiring error.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\2\ scan0019 | |
| Date | 16th May 1935 | |
| W. S. VERRELLS Chairman & Managing Director E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} K.{Mr Kilner} COLE Sub-Managing Director E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} R.{Sir Henry Royce} PRING R.{Sir Henry Royce} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} CORNWALL Directors EKCO ALL-ELECTRIC and BATTERY RADIO TELEGRAMS EKCO SOUTHEND-ON-SEA TELEPHONE SOUTHEND 49491 8 Lines Handwritten: Y6113 RIC/JP E.K. COLE LTD EKCO WORKS SOUTHEND-ON-SEA 16th May 1935. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. For the attention of Mr. West. Your Ref: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.9/MA. Dear Sirs, We acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 15th inst., and as requested are despatching to you today, under separate cover, a replacement receiver unit. We note that you will return the original upon receipt of the new one. With regard to the special inter-connecting cable for this equipment, we should be pleased to know whether this meets the requirements, and whether it has been connected up successfully. If any difficulty is experienced please let us know, and we will arrange for one of our engineers to come and assist at your works. With regard to the body wiring, since writing you we have interviewed Park Ward's electrician who admits that he committed the error of wiring the switch between the lamp and earth, instead of between the battery plus and the lamp. Mr.Penny expressed his regret at the mistake and is, I believe, writing to you. We trust that you have been able to get over this mistake without too much difficulty. Yours faithfully, For and on behalf of E.K. Cole Ltd., [Signature] W Rex. I. Cowley CAR RADIO ENGINEER. IMPORTANT NOTICE "LIMITED LICENCE" "Ekco products are patented and are supplied upon condition that the recipient accepts a licence under the patents and agrees to sell only at the prices fixed by the Makers. Violation of this by anyone renders him liable for damages." | ||