full thottle switch - how ammeters work

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

Almost afraid to get into this but Dwell is a measurement of Duty Cycle (On 
time vs. Off time) but on a slightly different scale... 0% dwell or Duty 
Cycle is always off... 100% Duty Cycle is always on and is measured as 60 
Degrees... 50% Duty Cycle is half time on and half off and is read as 30 
Degrees. It can be measured as current or you can also get very accurate 
measurements measuring voltage... depends on the meter you own. The 
ultimate measurement is neither volts or amps, mA or mV if that's more 
comfortable, but a measurement of percent time.

If you have a Fluke or other meter that reads Duty Cycle... just convert 
your dwell numbers to duty cycle.

-Raffi


At 12:16 PM 9/23/2003 -0500, ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
>I am sorry if my email offended, it was not ment that way.
>
>well I have ordered a new multimeter that will do Dwell, so that will solve
>the problem, but now I am confused, if dwell is not mA nor mV , then why
>everyone talks about a mA reading on the test lead or am I so dense that I
>am mixing up things together and doing a process of self confusion and in
>annoyance by everyone with my dumb ass questions..
>
>
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>=>-----Original Message-----
>=>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@ix.netcom.com]
>=>Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:08 AM
>=>To: ATS - Patrick Bureau; T. Reed
>=>Cc: Allyn; scirocco-l@scirocco.org; L F
>=>Subject: Re: full thottle switch - how ammeters work
>=>
>=>
>=>Dwell is NEITHER mA or mV.
>=>I'm not a hotshit electrical engineer and don't know anything
>=>about ammeters
>=>and voltmeters, but I do know that you need to measure dwell on
>=>your car and
>=>you need a dwell meter to do it!
>=>Get a dwell meter. Something that has a scale on it that says "dwell"!
>=>Then we can quibble about what the setting should be and how much
>=>it doesn't
>=>effect the power your engine makes!
>=>Dan
>=>
>=>
>=>----- Original Message -----
>=>
>
>
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