[6pack] TR6 Dizzy

That's what I thought about the one outside the dizzy....the one inside the dizzy is the one that protects the points.  

Lou
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From: Jeff Scarbrough
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Subject: Re: [6pack] TR6 Dizzy
Sent: Aug 31, 2009 5:49 PM

At 06:38 PM 8/31/2009, Lfm614 at aol.com wrote:
>Makes sense, so why do only later models have it?

The blue capacitor was for radio suppression.  The condenser in the 
distributor is the one that prevents the points from arcing.

>
>That is a secondary benefit  of the capacitor. As Vance pointed out,
>the primary reason for their  existence is to keep the points from burning
>and to protect the  coil.


Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
http://www.fishplate.org/vehicles/
Corrosion Acres, Georgia         #354 
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