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 a battery supplier discussing overcharging issues and arranging a visit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\1\ Scan076 | |
| Date | 11th December 1925 | |
| X4617P Works, Dagenham Dock, Essex TELEPHONE VICTORIA 3667. (9 LINES. PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE). TELEGRAMS CONCENTRATION, SOWEST, LONDON. Manufacturers of P & R Accumulators. Established 1889 PETO & RADFORD Proprietors - Pritchett & Gold and E.P.S. Company Ltd. 50 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, S.W.1. DIRECTORS: SIR ARCHIBALD C. GOOLD F.C. GRAHAM MENZIES G.R.N. MINCHIN WILLIAM PETO C.R.D. PRITCHETT T.W. PRITCHETT. YOUR REF. ______ OUR REF M/5. 11th December 1925. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Fowler Clark Esq., Messrs. Rolls Royce Ltd., DERBY. Dear Fowler Clark, I wont answer your letter of the 9th inst. because we shall be seeing you on Monday and we can deal with the points then. I think you must be coming round to my view about this overcharging, because each letter you write the maximum current seems to go up and up and I see that you now agree to 14.5. I think it will come to my figure of 20 amperes when cold on some chassis. I have just got the Exide battery on my car and so far I cannot detect the slightest difference, but it is early to say and I may be able to tell you more about this on Monday. You have not said whether you have yet discovered if this high charging is only on cars with P. & R.{Sir Henry Royce} batteries or whether it is the same on cars with Exide batteries. I will take up the question with the Works about greasing the terminals because I believe this has been overlooked in some cases. With regard to our visit, Mr. Preston and I (I do not think Mr. Peto will come) will arrive at Derby some time on Sunday evening but I do not quite know what time yet, and we should like to come up to your house and I suggest we come up somewhere around 8 o'clock as we shall be sure to have arrived by then. We shall | ||