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Re: Lucas Coils - dwell time v dwell angle

To: tcsaca@aie.lreg.co.uk
Subject: Re: Lucas Coils - dwell time v dwell angle
From: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 08:54:24 -0800 (PST)
Andy Ashworth wrote:
> 
> 
> As a former electrical engineer (before I saw the light and started writing
> software!) I've found the recent thread on Lucas coils and the need for a
> ballast resistor interesting, however, in Mark Jurras' posting of 23/1/95
> (1/23/95 for the colonials :) ) he agrees with Jerry that the ignition dwell
> time is the same at all RPM.

**** Umm, what I _meant_, and what I *thought* I said, was that the dwell
*percentage* time is constant.  Of course the total charge time for each
spark varies in direct proportion to the speed.

                                       - Jerry



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