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- From: Frank.Mallory@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Spark plug wires and radio interference
- Message-ID: <711939646.F00002@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 04:20:57 -0500
- Lines: 61
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- RK> One of the main reasons that resistance wires are used, is they are
- RK> very
- RK> helpful in creating a more consistant spark. It is true that the
- RK> radio interference is greatly redused by using resistance in the
- RK> secondary ignition (spark plug) wires, but as early as 1960 even
- RK> Volkswagen used solid core copper wires with a screw on resistor at the
- RK> spark plug connection. This was done to up the required voltage for
- RK> arc
- RK> over. This tends to make the spark more reliable by delaying the
- RK> start of the spark until higher voltages are present. Less misfires
- RK> are
- RK> the result.
-
- Sorry to have to disagree with you; but my understanding is that the function of
- resistance in the HT wires or connectors is to reduce the _current_, not the
- _voltage_.
-
- The Bosch Technical Instruction on Battery Ignition Systems lists the following
- factors determining the requirement for firing voltage in Kettering ignition
- systems:
-
- 1) Spark plug gap
- 2) Condition of electrodes
- 3) Shape of electodes
- 4) Electrode material
- 5) Polarity of center electrode
- 6) Temperature at the electrodes and in the combustion chamber
- 7) Composition of mixture
- 8) Compression of mixture.
-
- Series resistance is not a factor provided it is low in relation to the spark
- plug gap and other resistive factors.
-
- The Bosch Technical Instruction goes on to say, "All electrical systems must be
- provided with all necessary interference suppression devices so that outside the
- vehicle interference-free radio reception is guaranteed. Since 1958 all German
- automobile manufacturers have equipped the vehicles they produce with long-range
- interference suppression equipment." " The most effective devices for
- suppressing interference are ohmic resistors, capacitors, inductors (chokes),
- and grounded cable shielding."
-
-
-
- RK>
- RK> Spark ignition in a Otto cycle engine is high probability rather than a
- RK> certainty even when all components are in excellent condition.
- RK> --
- RK> Rick Kirchhof Austin, Texas | Experience is what
- RK> you
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