<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">This reminds me of something I witnessed many years ago when I had a TR3 with an AM radio which was picking up a lot of ignition noise--actually a very loud tick that varied directly with the engine's speed.  A mechanic showed me that simply tying an overhand knot in the lead (no doubt a solid copper wire) from the coil to the distributor eliminated the noise. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">I have told this story to several people over the years and have always gotten skeptical responses but I will go to my grave insisting that it happened.  I have searched the internet for any reference to this phenomenon and the closest I can come is here:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#3333ff"><a href="http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/13978/tying-knots-in-power-cables-to-prevent-power-surge-from-lightning-strikes">http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/13978/tying-knots-in-power-cables-to-prevent-power-surge-from-lightning-strikes</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#3333ff"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#3333ff">Perhaps an electrical smart guy can shed some light on why the knot works but that is my story....</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#3333ff"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font color="#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Wilko2 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:e-wilkins@cox.net" target="_blank">e-wilkins@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>The "screen is certainly an electronic suppression device. In the parts lists it's called a "Suppression screen  -  France only" Probably works a bit like a "Faraday cage" </div><div><br></div><div><img height="89" width="391" src="cid:DD349538-E0AD-4AE4-A46D-996F105A2C26"></div><div><br></div><div>From BMC document AKD 3513:</div><div><br></div><div><img height="789" width="653" src="cid:AC01E6EF-62FC-4628-A43B-3C035A7B6F3D"></div><br><div><div>On Dec 2, 2015, at 2:56 PM, Peter Svilans wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font size="2" face="Arial">I'm with Steve on this.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">The operative word here is "screen", which generally means keeping out rocks and dirt.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">But these (two types of) sheet metal "screens" fitted to the French market Healeys are on the Ignition Cables page (MB2) in the Parts List, along with "screened" ignition leads which look quite different than the "suppressed" leads on the same page. France got the screened equipment, Norway, Hong Kong, Denmark and Germany got the suppressed leads, and we got the plain ones.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Peter</font></div>_______________________________________________<br>Support<span> </span><a href="http://Team.Net" target="_blank">Team.Net</a><span> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation  $12.75<br>Archive:<span> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums:<span> </span><a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage:<span> </span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/e-wilkins@cox.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/e-wilkins@cox.net</a><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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