[SEL] Magneto/Battery Ignition Question

Sun Mar 26 13:21:05 PST 2006

Naw, won't hurt a thing.  Of course when the mag is open circuit you have to 
have the battery/coil hooked up or the darn thing won't start at all.  I 
know this because I've been asleep at the switch a time or two.
Dan
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Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Magneto/Battery Ignition Question


>
>
> In a message dated 3/26/2006 2:40:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> svsuzanne at copper.net writes:
>
> NEVER  try to hook a battery directly to a magneto. It's sure death for 
> the
> mag.  This method of starting an engine works very well but you must use a
> double pole switch like a knife switch.  One side goes to a battery  and 
> coil
> and the other pole goes to the mag.  The center contact goes  to the 
> igniter.
>
>
> Dan,
> Thanks.
> In researching this subject (_http://www.old-engine.com/maglma.htm_
> (http://www.old-engine.com/maglma.htm) ),  I came to the same conclusion. 
> The
> battery/magneto ignition system only  works with a low tension system 
> using an
> ignitor.  Since I have never seen  a battery/magneto system installed on 
> an engine, I
> wanted to verify the hook  up.  This setup is probably used when starting
> larger engines where it  isn't possible to turn the crankshaft fast enough 
> to get
> the magneto to generate a spark.
> However, there is another question.  In operating the low  tension magneto
> without being connected to the ignitor (open circuit) will it  cause any 
> damage
> to the magneto?
>
>
> Francis  Maciel
> Santa Maria, CA
>
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> <DIV>In a message dated 3/26/2006 2:40:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,=20
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>  This method of starting an engine works very well but you must use a=20
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> <DIV><STRONG>Dan,</STRONG></DIV>
> <DIV><STRONG>Thanks.  </STRONG></DIV>
> <DIV><STRONG>In researching this subject (<A=20
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> I came to the same conclusion.  The battery/magneto ignition system 
> onl=
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> works with a low tension system using an ignitor.  Since I have never 
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> isn't possible to turn</STRONG><STRONG> the crankshaft fast enough to 
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> <DIV><STRONG>However, there is another question.  In operating the 
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> tension magneto without being connected to the ignitor (open circuit) will 
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