[Spridgets] Condensers

[thcollin at mtu.edu (Tim Collins)]

>Here's a dissected condensor/capacitor.
>http://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/topics/594557/1
>Has anybody used an audio type capacitor to replace the auto type condensor?
>
>Dave  '70 midget

Dave,
An expanded version of the article you reference above can be found 
in the BritishCarForum Wiki/Tiki. Here:
<http://www.britishcarforum.com/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Condenser+Failure+in+Conventional+Ignition+Systems>http://www.britishcarforum.com/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Condenser+Failure+in+Conventional+Ignition+Systems
 

or
http://tinyurl.com/yz537qg

This article goes on to use modern capacitors in place of the 
in-distributor unit. Nice pictures and schematics for using them too. 
Only thing missing is a source, but that shouldn't be much of a problem.

Still would like to know if a diode could be more effectively used to 
protect the points.


Tim Collins
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12702006 at N07/sets/