Distributors> Each time a car starts, it “explodes.” The blast is perfectly safe, of course. It stays inside the engine.
Here’s how it works: The driver turns the key. The car’s <#5962,11><!battery> supplies electricity. The electric current flows through wires to a special kind of switch called a <#5634,5140><!distributor>.
Distribute means to “pass around.” So what does a distributor switch pass around? The electricity, of course. It distributes the electric current to devices called spark plugs. The switch gives each spark plug a jolt of electricity, one plug at a time.
The spark plugs create sparks. (What else?) The sparks ignite (set fire to) the fuel. The car starts with a bang!
What, you may ask, makes the distributor turn? On a car, it’s the motion of a crankshaft, which is driven by the fuel as it burns. In the Electroloft, the distributor there is turned by a crank on the other side of the board (and boy, do I ever get tired of having to crank it around!).
