Re: Spark plugs

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

The new MMC chart (it's been revised a few times) is it 
www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/mmc :)



Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
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>Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I recently parted out an old portable heater that we used for working on 
>machinery during the winter, and saved the ignition transformer out of it.
>It's only 5000v at 20ma, but was hoping to make a small TC out of 
>it.  With all of the recent talk about MMCs, it was mentioned that there 
>was a chart out there to help determine capacitance requirements based on 
>transformer specs.  I personally remember having seen the chart, and Terry 
>mentioned that he had a copy of it next to his computer, but I can't seem 
>to find it again.  I had it saved on my computer, but due to problems 
>several months back, it was lost along with everything else.
>
>My second inquiry is this:  Has anyone ever used non-resistor spark plugs 
>for a gap in a small TC?  Several in series with small gap spacing should 
>do the trick, and I wouldn't think electrode erosion would be a big 
>problem, considering the environment that they are designed to work in.
>Besides, I think that it would look cool, and if performance drops, just 
>"put a new set of plugs in 'er".
>
>Thoughts appreciated,
>
>John Richardson