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).
Battery ignition and exhaust valve failures, with proposed solutions.
| Identifier | Morton\M13.2\ img117 | |
| Date | 7th October 1931 | |
| -2- (11) Battery Ignition. The condenser was of too low a capacity, which caused burning of the points. The coil is to be tested out for cause of failure. (12) Failure of Exhaust Valves. We propose to try two schemes to overcome this trouble. The first is to fit valves to LeC.2935. The second is to fit phosphor bronze seatings which do not degenerate as proved on the Phantom. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||