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).
Inspection report on the failure of an Exide GRR5-2 battery after extensive road use.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 54\2\ Scan169 | |
| Date | 10th March 1926 | |
| RR 238 (150 BKS.) [D3 431-B 12 24] MP JC6975 X 4617.E. ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. INSTRUCTIONS. To E.F.B. 10-3-1926 Order No. J.C 14. Customer's No. X.4617E Re Failure of Exide GRR5-2 Battery (146) This battery has completed 15,544 miles on the road in France in addition to 11 months in the M.S. quite satisfactorily. Two cells are now shorted & have been opened up for inspection. The following is a brief report of their condition. General The battery box was in a good condition except that the stay cycle spokes were corroded & three of the nuts for tightening these were lost having come loose. The compound which sealed the cells in the box was badly cracked allowing the cells to be (cont'd) Signed This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work. | ||