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[R & M Ingold]

How close together are the sparks? Sounds like a capacitor  being charged 
and discharged so with the engine speed. timing could vary dangerously.
Reg & Marg Ingold.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
randmingold at hotkey.net.au
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
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> Reg,
> Rather than mechanically time it, such as inside an empty EK case, I 
> believe I would attempt an electrical timing. The push button on the new 
> style sparker is quite different than the old style push and click. The 
> new style appears to be just a simple normally open switch. You push it 
> and as long as you hold it in the contact is closed and it makes sparks. 
> In addition to having this push button exposed for easy starting (using 
> the compression method) I believe I would time it by hooking up another 
> set if n/o contacts on the cam gear. I would ti these in parallel across 
> the push button built into the sparker. This way either the cam gear would 
> make the spark in correct time, or you could manually make a spark when 
> starting it.
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
>
> R & M Ingold wrote:
>
>> How the hell would you time it?
>> Reg & Marg Ingold.
>> Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
>> randmingold at hotkey.net.au
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold
>>
>>
>>> Francis,
>>> Last weekend I replaced my 20 year old BBQ grill with a new one. It has 
>>> the self start sparker but this one is a little different. You unscrew 
>>> the push knob and put a AA battery inside and screw the knob back 
>>> together. You hold the button in and get spark-spark-spark. About 2 or 3 
>>> sparks per second as long as you hold the button in. Have no idea how 
>>> long the battery will last but I was thinking this would make a heck of 
>>> a high tension devise to put in a empty EK or PR Wico case. Or perhaps 
>>> even a starting device. Pull the flywheels up against compression as far 
>>> as you can and hit the sparker. Bang she's off and running. Might be a 
>>> useful starting tool for really big engines or for guys that no longer 
>>> have the strength to pull one thru.
>>> Maybe these have been around, but the only ones I was familiar with were 
>>> the one spark per push/click type without the battery.
>>> Curt Holland
>>> Gastonia, NC
>>
>>
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