electronic ignition system
- electronic ignition system
An
ignition system using electronic switching devices to assist or eliminate the mechanical
breaker points. There are three basic electronic ignitions: contact controlled (the
breaker points are retained but merely serve to trigger a transistor which switches the heavy primary
current), magnetically controlled (transistors are used as the switching device for the primary
current and the points are eliminated -- also called "contactless" or "all-electronic"), and
capacitor controlled (also called "capacitive-discharge system" and can be either all-electronic or breaker-point controlled).
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