The capacitor provides a place for a charge to build up in the "capacitiive
discharge system" before the points break allowing the voltage to discharge
across the point gap. Not sure about the prevention of point arcing. It will
fry a set of points in a hurry. Seems I heard something about excessive
voltage applied to the points being the source of burning up points.
Dave Handley
51 GMC 5 window
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From: MKlepp4335@cs.com <MKlepp4335@cs.com>
To: old-chevy-truck@egroups.com <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>;
oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Condensor & points Question
>Please tell me if I'm wrong - I always thought that the condenser prevented
>sparking (arcing) across the points, it even says that in the AD shop
manual.
> My FLAPS guy says, no. The points are supposed to spark, that's the way
>they work.
>Who's right here?
>I put new points and condenser in my '48 and within a few minutes of run
>time, they had evidence of arcing. I spun the engine with the cap off and
>the spark at the points looked like the spark the plugs should have. (I'm
>still chasing the poor running condition.) Thanks as always.
>Mike Klepp
>'48 3100
>Wichita Falls, TX
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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