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Steve, The secondary ignition system is basically a spark transmitter with an antenna attached. It is also a resonant circuit (tuned circuit) because of the inductance of the wires inductance and the distributed capacitance of the coil (two wires in parallel is a capacitor). By adding a resistor to an L (inductance) C (capacitance) circuit you reduce the intensity of the oscillation and lower the frequency the circuit resonates.

In layman's term's, you reduce the intensity and move the harmful interference so it won't cause any objectionable operation to other devices.
 
rustybronco said:
Steve, The secondary ignition system is basically a spark transmitter with an antenna attached. It is also a resonant circuit (tuned circuit) because of the inductance of the wires inductance and the distributed capacitance of the coil (two wires in parallel is a capacitor). By adding a resistor to an L (inductance) C (capacitance) circuit you reduce the intensity of the oscillation and lower the frequency the circuit resonates.

In layman's term's, you reduce the intensity and move the harmful interference so it won't cause any objectionable operation to other devices.
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Thanks Dale,
OK I'm done with it, I get the gist (I think). In other words those resistors are unnecessary. I thought impedance was going to come up somewhere in the equation.
 
Steve, Next time be nice to me. I'm not an electrical engineer. :eek:
 
Issue fixed. The capacitors were apparently bad. Had a buddy who's a guitar tech and therefore a pretty good electrical engineer take a look at it. First thing he said the caps were leaking.

So new caps, new points, and she fires right up, first kick.
 
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