Our ignition standard inductive electronic ignition or is it CDI?

[scirious@hotmail.com (Brian Haygood)]

Maybe I'm just not hep to the jive, but the only coil system I'm familiar 
with is the type Julie described, with constant power to the coil, and pull 
it low when you need a spark.  The coil I'm used to is not a capacitor, but 
is wired up to provide current to one.  That's all from a '31'ish Ford Model 
A system.

Isn't that how our's work?  If not, maybe someone can clarify what 
terminology applies to any other systems, and how they can be identified 
visually.

BH


>From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>Reply-To: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>To: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>, <winggee@hotmail.com>, 
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Our ignition standard inductive electronic ignition or is it 
>CDI?
>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:26:54 -0800
>
>Julie-
>   CDI also uses a coil, just like our system does.  Main advantage of CDI 
>is
>very fast voltage rise for the value of the voltage.
>Coil makes high voltage (spark) only when the primary (low voltage) current
>flowing through it stops, collapsing the magnetic field inside and 
>producing
>the secondary (high voltage) current that "comes from the center of the 
>coil
>cap".
>Otherwise, not bad.... :)
>Larry  sandiego16V
>
> > CDI is Capasitive Discharge Ignition. Electronics creates a very larrge
> > charge that creates the spark that is discharged from a large capasitor
> > (Sorta like a resivoir of energy)
> > Inductive is the coil type, which is a transformer. 12v is supplied to 
>one
> > side of the coil and the other is switched to ground. Pulling it low
>creates
> > a current flow that creates the high voltage spark which comes from the
> > center of the coil cap.
> >
> > Julie
> >
> >
> > >From: "Wing Gee" <winggee@hotmail.com>
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: Our ignition standard inductive electronic ignition or is it
>CDI?
> > >Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 02:41:43 +0000
> > >
> > >is our ignition standard inductive electronic ignition or is it CDI?
> > >specifically say an 84 rocco.
> > >
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Wing Gee
> > >
> > >
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