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).
Exide batteries, their limitations with additional electrical fittings, and a disagreement with their representative.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\3\ Scan062 | |
| Date | 10th July 1917 | |
| R.R. 199 (250Y) (SD696 10-7-17) MP 180805 With reference to the remark of their expert, that if any addition is made to the standard electrical equipment the Exide people cannot answer for the battery, this, of course, must be understood strictly within limits, as obviously we are at liberty to add one or two small additional electrical fittings, but on the other hand we certainly should not expect, if a customer adds a number of electrical additions, which demand considerable current, that the same battery should meet their requirements, but in this connection we would like to point out that the Exide representative of Paris is not the last word on the subject, and when we are dealing with Head-Quarters have found no difficulties at all under this particular heading, in fact, so far as I am aware, we have never had a solitary instance of the Exide people pointing out that the battery has failed because additional electrical gadgets have been added, and therefore we feel sure that if the Exide representative has taken up an impossible attitude, the matter only needs referring back to Head-Quarters of the Exide Company to have a correct atmosphere created in this connection. The generalisation that the Exide Batteries we fit are most unsatisfactory given in the last paragraph of the memo referred to above, is not in agreement with our experience, and one thinks that the statement must be a little wild, judging from what we know of the Exide battery in service in England, but if the information asked for above is supplied, then I think we can get to the bottom of the battery trouble which appears to be worrying Paris, but at the moment we certainly cannot agree that the way out of our trouble is to fly to a different type, as unquestionably this would start us off on a road, the end of which we cannot see. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} | ||