STRAGE ignition coil question, please help!
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From: Kalamazoo Mi
STRAGE ignition coil question, please help!
Ok this is going to sound strange, but what would happen if i connected a spark plug (via wire) directly to an ignition coil, connected directly to a battery, would i still need a point in there to pulse it (like a point driven by a tape player motor)
SO would the coil/ spark plug burn up with out the point there to interrupt the spark???
i am going to be using this as an igniter for a project im working on
SO would the coil/ spark plug burn up with out the point there to interrupt the spark???
i am going to be using this as an igniter for a project im working on
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You'll still need points, a switch is required to induce a spark in a coil. When the points (switch) are closed, the coil is building a magnetic field. When the points open, the field collapses and causes the spark thru the secondary windings in the coil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_coil
You might also look at this for your project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
And here is a note on using extreme caution on another type of igniton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine#Ignition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_coil
You might also look at this for your project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
And here is a note on using extreme caution on another type of igniton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine#Ignition
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Safety Car
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From: Kalamazoo Mi
You'll still need points, a switch is required to induce a spark in a coil. When the points (switch) are closed, the coil is building a magnetic field. When the points open, the field collapses and causes the spark thru the secondary windings in the coil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_coil
You might also look at this for your project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
And here is a note on using extreme caution on another type of igniton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine#Ignition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_coil
You might also look at this for your project.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
And here is a note on using extreme caution on another type of igniton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine#Ignition
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I'd also doubt the spark would be hot enough for that. But you never know.
How about the ignitor box from one of those kerosene heaters? Looks like a torpedo setting on a fuel tank. Those have a fan/pump that atomizes the fuel and a continuous(sp?) spark. I always though about adding a couple of fans to one of those and seeing how big a bang it'd make.
How about the ignitor box from one of those kerosene heaters? Looks like a torpedo setting on a fuel tank. Those have a fan/pump that atomizes the fuel and a continuous(sp?) spark. I always though about adding a couple of fans to one of those and seeing how big a bang it'd make.
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It shouldn't be a big deal whatever way you go, depending on what your chamber pressure is though.
