Make sure that the body of the condenser and the plate its mounted on is
grounded good.
A.B. writes:
> Points are not supposed to spark. The points essentially short out the
> secondary coil ( the inner coil, not connected to the spark plug.) in the
> coil ( the coil is really two coils, one wound around, but not touching
> the other). When they points open, the constant current that was flowing
> through points has no where to go except through the secondary coil, this
> rapid change in current flow causes a large E field in the secondary
> coil, which induces a current in the primary coil. the ratio of winding
> of the two coils creates a high voltage potential on one side of the
> primary coil. This gives your spark. the charging characteristic of the
> condensor, which is really just a capacitor, helps to insure that the
> secondary coil is not "overwhelmed" which would leave no where for current
> to flow except back across the points. this way the condesnor prevents
> the points from arcing (sparking). It doesn't always work perfectly
> though, that's why sometimes you may see a small spark across your
> points. If so, check the gap and get a new condesor.
> -alfie
>
>
> On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Woods E. Houghton wrote:
>
> > Points are exposed to spark. The condenser conduces the voltage to make a
> > bigger spark.
> >
> > Woods
> > 53 5 window
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MKlepp4335@cs.com <MKlepp4335@cs.com>
> > To: old-chevy-truck@egroups.com <old-chevy-truck@egroups.com>;
> > oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Friday, September 15, 2000 4:30 PM
> > Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Condensor & points Question
> >
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> > >Please tell me if I'm wrong - I always thought that the condenser prevented
> > >sparking (arcing) across the points, it even says that in the AD shop
> > manual.
> > > My FLAPS guy says, no. The points are supposed to spark, that's the way
> > >they work.
> > >Who's right here?
> > >I put new points and condenser in my '48 and within a few minutes of run
> > >time, they had evidence of arcing. I spun the engine with the cap off and
> > >the spark at the points looked like the spark the plugs should have. (I'm
> > >still chasing the poor running condition.) Thanks as always.
> > >Mike Klepp
> > >'48 3100
> > >Wichita Falls, TX
> > >
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Gary Brignac
55.2 3100
Fort Worth, TX
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