On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 10:51:29 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:10:06 -0700 (PDT),
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On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 6:40:35 PM UTC-4,
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On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 7:25:21 PM UTC-4, Clare wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:19:17 -0700 (PDT),
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On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 4:34:08 PM UTC-4,
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I think
the reason for the poor spark must be corroded connections
somewhere
in the ignition circuit. But I'm still wondering why they
designed the
ignition circuit with a ballast resistor. Anybody know?
Thanks,
Eric

Forgot to say that the weak spark might be caused by a bad
condenser.
THe condenser helps keep the spark from occurring across the
points
instead of at the spark plug

I've got no familiarity with what a condenser is (outside of
HVAC) in car circuitry. But thanks for saying what it does.
It is actually a Capacitor.
A rose by any other name - - -

Its just that a condenser also refers to the hot, liquid, high
pressure 'low side" of a vehicle's air conditioning system. Its
not always a good idea to have two different auto parts with the
same name.

They've got to do something about "wheel," then. g

I haven't heard "condenser" for "capacitor" for a long time. I'll
have to look at my really old engine books to see when it last
showed up.
Then there's two different fenders, and two different hoods,
dpending
where you are in the world.

https://electronics.stackexchange.co...ays-of-electro
"Not that anyone cares, but "condenser" seems to have faded from use
from the mid 1930s through about 1950. Dubilier was using capacitor by
1940 but Allied catalogs didn't switch to capacitor until around
1950."

It hung on later in reference to car ignotion, though. I remember seeing it in some tune-up manuals from the early '60s.

I really don't want to go into that corner of the attic but maybe I'll get to it. g

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Ed Hunress