Re: Capacitor Applications (not posted)

["Bernard G. Cleyet & Nancy Ann Seese" <georgeann@REDSHIFT.COM>]

The inductor is in series with the cap.  The inductor discharges "in to"
the cap; by the time it's charged the "points" are open.  My belief is that
the arc resulting from opening the "points" w/o the cap. is of longer
duration than the charging of the cap. Too small a cap'ce will not prevent
arcing and too large will act as if the "points" never opened.


bc

Perhaps Mr. Sylvester will vary his capacitance, and, thereby, I hope,
"shed some light on the subject."

Leigh Palmer wrote:

> > Most definitely!
> >
> >
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> > It's a series circuit. The ignition is not on the make, but the break.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > bc
>
> While the second sentence is true, I don't see the meaning of the first.
> Since the condenser is across the points, what does this mean?
>
> Leigh