Re: SER1 Spark Plug Gap

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At 10:45 18/08/2005, you wrote:


>Tom Wykes wrote:
>>Ahhhhhh now I see where you are coming from. I didn't read it 
>>right. I read that you had the points and plugs set to 30thou but 
>>now with the luminition to 15. does that make sense?
>Yes, I see how you read it.
>I could (should?) have made it two sentences - made it clearer
>
>>But now I understand that the plugs are set at 30 and the points at 15.
>Which is roughly what you run too?
>(given that the sparkrite is still a breaker-based system)

Yes



>Talking to the sparkright: how does it work?
>The contacts break, switching a transistor. The high-side of the 
>transistor connects to the low-side of the coil... yes?

Yes. it simply gives a brighter spark and there is wear on the points 
as they only switch small current.



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