RE: ignition coils

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: RE: ignition coils
• From: "William Parn" <parn-at-fgm-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:36:17 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla List [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 9:51 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: ignition coils
> 
> 
> Original Poster: Fucian-at-aol-dot-com 
> 
> how powerful are ignition coils?ive powered one with just a relay 
> and a motor 
> cap. in series with a transformer.it gave me a firery 
> 1inch+-----what would 
> volts and curent be?it wont charge a capacitor at all--why?
> 
> 

I think you need a HV diode between the cap and the car coil.
Otherwise I think the charge in the cap will just flow right
back through the car coil.


Cheers,
Bill

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