I had always thought the capacitor was charged as the points opened,
thus prevented arcing across at the points when they opened. Arcing
transfers point metal from one side to the other. Pit on one side,
"point" on the other.
Don Malling
Jim Swarthout wrote:
> Hmmmm,
>
> I had always assumed that the ,(capacitor), condenser prevented a
> current overload at the points? Current causing the pitting of the
> points?
>
> Occasionally I'm wrong!
>
> Anyone care to describe how an ignition coil works? After-all we are
> converting 12V to 25,000V
>
> Jim Swarthout
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