Re: Car Ignition Failures

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

Cars are always tested for EMI immunity like radio transmitters, lightning, 
etc.  Surprising "Ford" is mentioned since Ford does more than anyone in 
this area.

We may remember the great idea if using a sparking device on the road to 
stop the bad guy's car.  That worked on only a very few types of cars and 
once the idea was known, auto makers immediately fixed that electrical 
system flaw.  It will not work on late model cars...

I am "extremely" surprised that coil here was stopping cars (buy disabling 
their electrical systems).  There is great liability in having a car "fail" 
at a critical moment due to electrical system failure.  If indeed the weak 
fields of a nearby coil were stopping cars, we'll be hearing about lawsuits 
soon as people die driving under power lines on the freeway and such...

I hope this is not the beginning of the next big "Firestone thing" :-((  If 
it was a Ford and you can reproduce it, I can guarantee that Ford will beat 
the proverbial "path to your door" to fix that bug...

Cheers,

         Terry


At 05:55 PM 7/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>  This might be an idea the police would like; imagine being able to stop a
>runaway car in it's tracks--- problem is, it would stop the police car, and
>any other car  within it's radius, and could cause a smash!!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:33 PM
>Subject: Re: Car Ignition Failures
>
>
> > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
> >
> >
> > It sounds like Dave has discovered an ideal way to put an end to those
>late
> > night boom boxes driving by!!
> >
> > Dr. Resonance
> >
> > Resonance Research Corporation
> > E11870 Shadylane Rd.
> > Baraboo   WI   53913
> >  >
> >  > I forgot to mention this in She's Dead Captain.  I was able, before the
> >  > coil died, to kill the ignition on 2 cars driving by.  The first one
> > failed
> >  > and came to a stop, and would not restart while the coil was running.
>I
> >  > then shut down the coil and the car started.  I then fired the coil
>again
> >  > and it died again.  As I am not a car person, I can't tell you the
>exact
> >  > model, but I think it was a Ford.  Later I had another car just like it
> > die
> >  > also while the coil was running and wouldn't start until I turned the
>coil
> >  > off.
> >  >
> >  > David E Weiss
> >  >
> >  >
> >
> >
> >