[SEL] solid state ignition,Rev

[Ed stoller]

Thank you Curt.

Ed
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From: "Curt" <curt at imc-group.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] solid state ignition,Rev


> Ed,
> Excellent, excellent documentation!!!!
> We thank you for taking the time to do this so precisely.
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
> 
> 
> Ed stoller wrote:
> 
>> Updated link, scroll down to TASK 5 and look just above it.
>>
>>> I have been playing with ignition systems for a long time, even built 
>>> a Capacitance Discharge Ignition for my Kohler 321. When all is said 
>>> and done and one needs to replace an ignition system on a small air 
>>> cooled engine, the least expensive way is to convert it to an 
>>> automotive transistor type. The Wells CR 109 controller costs $16 to 
>>> $20 at most auto parts stores. One needs a conventional coil with a 
>>> built in resistor ( Tecumseh,  Kohler or aftermarket) or a ballast 
>>> resistor and a trigger coil. I make the trigger coils, but the 
>>> instructions for making them are on my web site  
>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~edstoller/id5.html  .
>>>
>>> A recent project was to make an ignition system for Ron Frosts model 
>>> of a 1895 Mery engine. Here we wanted to keep the trigger coil as 
>>> small as possible. We wound up with a salvaged coil on a 10-24 screw 
>>> with the magnet on the head. It is about the size of a pencil eraser. 
>>> Ron is still working on this and has not got to the point of stack 
>>> music yet. I hope he could bring it to the Coolspring show. The Mery 
>>> has two combustion chambers, so we are using a coil from a 1996 
>>> Bonneville to fire both plugs at the same time. Ron's engine has the 
>>> trigger mounted on a lever to control the spark advance.
>>>
> 
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