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).
Technical note discussing the battery ignition system, the magneto, and procedures for battery disconnection.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 51\2\ Scan137 | |
| Date | 17th August 1923 | |
| Contd. -2- EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 3/T17.8.23. having to supply current to the battery ignition system, even though this is not doing any useful work, because it is necessary to have the ignition switch in the 'on' position for the magneto. Alternatively it may be better to instruct for the central wire to be detached when the battery is "DISCONNECTED" in either case, taking the words "disconnected" and "removed" from the chassis, to be identical in effect. EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} | ||