Reply To: Flywheel magnets recharge

[Tubs]

Mr. Mohat submitted an article to the outboarder after doing considerable testing. While he was able to get magnetos to produce spark at a lower rpm after charging, it was below what a motor would run. He made no claim that any of the motors tested started easier and only speculated that recharging the magnets would improve the idle. Quote – “However, on other outboards with similar magnet structures, an improvement in magnetic field strength, you -“might”- see a dramatic improvement in the low -RPM idle speed” as there wasn’t any evidence of that in the examples he tested as I read the article. My interest in outboard motors is largely in pre WW-IImotors starting in 1945 with a 1937 Pal. A considerable amount of motors have come my way over the years and week magnets have never been and issue in getting a motor to run. I was able to purchase a magnet recharge in the 90″s. I was sure I would now be able to start my smaller motors with just a flick of my wrist. It quickly became evident that increasing the magnetism wasn’t having any effect on how my motors would start or run. I have no idea why anyone feels the need to promote this myth but I can find no evidence that its true so I will continue to dispute it for the reason I stated above. If you go to 4:53 in the video in the link you posted you’ll see that the conclusion after recharging is — “the spark is about the same”. But it doesn’t matter even if there was an improvement. Its of no value unless you have access to a charger. Letting a motor sit because don’t have access to one or the expense of shipping are poor options compared to just using it.

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