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 accumulator manufacturer Peto & Radford regarding objections to a proposed cell lid design modification.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168b\3\ img266 | |
| Date | 10th February 1930 | |
| X7535 P. Manufacturers of P. & R.{Sir Henry Royce} Accumulators. ESTABLISHED 1889. PETO & RADFORD Proprietors:-Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company, Limited. DIRECTORS SIR ARCHIBALD H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} GOLD, F.{Mr Friese} C. BRAHAM KENDIRD. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} R.{Sir Henry Royce} S. PRITCHETT. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} W. MINCHIN. T. W. PRITCHETT. WILLIAM PETO. LONDON OFFICE 50, GROSVENOR GARDENS, VICTORIA, LONDON, S.W.1. Please reply to the WORKS at DAGENHAM DOCK, ESSEX. Station: Dagenham Dock, (L.M.S. Rly. Tilbury Section). TELEPHONE No.: RAINHAM 34 (2 Lines). TELEGRAMS: PETO RADFORD DAGENHAM YOUR REF EFC3AD. OUR REF CGFP/4. 10th February, 1930. Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter of the 4th inst. addressed to our London Office, our objections to your suggestion of altering the design of the cell lid{A. J. Lidsey} are that firstly if the vent is lowered at all, there will be considerable risk of siphoning due to the fact that if the cell is topped up a little too high the bottom part of the vent will be in the electrolyte. If, alternatively, we raised the collars around the terminal posts the lids would not be interchangeable with the earlier supplies, and as the tool would have to be altered, we could not supply replacements unless a new tool was made. In any circumstances we very much doubt whether altering the level of the vent would make much difference to the corrosion at present experienced. Yours faithfully, PETO & RADFORD, C.Pritchett | ||