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 discussing car heater component failures and requesting quotations for new parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 156\2\ scan0052 | |
| Date | 31th March 1938 guessed | |
| -2- and have both become impossible to operate - we have examined them and find that pieces of insulation have broken loose in one, while in the other the rheostat wire has been forced out of position by the movable contact. We would like your remarks on these failures: Will you also please let us have firm quotations for the following:- (a) Car heater motor as per sample with plain bearings in lots of 1000. (b) Car heater motor as per sample with ball bearings in lots of 1000. (c) Car heater switch as per sample supplied in lots of 1000. Enclosed please find prints of thermostat casings, cover and washer. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||