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).
Sourcing American Delco generators and investigating their thermostat control technology for a 25 HP car.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\V\December1930-February1931\ Scan076 | |
| Date | 9th September 1930 guessed | |
| -3- very, very, bitter against it and I promised Springfield that I would arrange to send out some generators for a 25 HP. car which would give an increased output. The customer in question says that if we cannot do anything with the dynamo he will arrange to fit a Delco similar to that which he has on his Buick and other cars, which give no trouble. He would already have fitted them except that he could not obtain a suitable machine for a 12 volt. system. In this connection I think we ought to obtain a Delco generator. As you are aware, the Americans have developed all sorts of automatic charging devices and voltage regulators Bijur, Westinghouse, for example. The Delco have now standardised the thermostat control for third brush. I think we ought to investigate this scheme. Nearly all the automatic schemes refer back to the temperature of the machine as the base for the control. To have a thermostat right on the machine to control the output seems to me to be a very direct and very simple method of arriving at the result. Although we might find the American criticisms difficult at times I feel certain that one thing we are going to get out of making cars for U.S.A. is that it is going to enable us to make better and cheaper motorcars. HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||