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Re: ...how other electronic ignitions work -Reply

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Subject: Re: ...how other electronic ignitions work -Reply
From: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 11:42:19 -0800
No, the hall sensor switches something which can handle the current,
probably a power transistor.  The opto units have that separate box that
you mount outside the dizzy where they handle the current.

>Does this mean that the Hall effect sensor switches the
>entire amperage of the coil primary?  That would be a lot for
>this small sensor and what would the rest of the electronics
>do?  What do the photo-interruptor sensors do?
>Ken Scott 77 MGB

>>Christopher Palmer wrote
>>Others, like the Ignitor, are solid state replacements for the
>>points...the
>>Ignitor uses a Hall effect (magnetic) switch.
>





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