Reply To: condenser update

[JOSEPH BRINCAT]

Hello Monte,  I ve lost track of your motor project, so not sure which motor you are working on but based on the “two spark” comment, I assume that it’s an opposed twin. If that is the case, be aware of the high voltage path from one spark plug to the other, the electron path is different for each plug. For one plug the electrons “jump” from the SP center electrode to the ground terminal… on the other SP the electrons go from the ground to the center electrode. My guess is that in the latter case the spark may not appear as bright as in the former.  You can test this theory by flipping the connections to the “dull” SP, wire to the SP body and ground the terminal. See how the sparks appear then.

Joe B

PS, good move on the creative use of your lathe as a holding fixture… necessity IS the mother of invention