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A FINAL WORD ABOUT DUAL POINTS. THE TWO WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE DWELL; WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE COIL IS TURNED ON AND IS BEING SATURATED WITH ELECTRICTRICITY. YOU SEE A SINGLE POINT SET CLOSES AND THEN OPENS TOO FAST (IT IS THE OPENING THAT FIRES THE SPARK)BEING TOO FAST DOES NOT GIVE THE COIL ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY "SATURATE"(BECAUSE ONE CAM LOBE CAN ONLY KEEP ONE SET OF POINTS OPEN FOR SO LONG AT ANY GIVEN RPM), THEREFORE VOLTAGE IS DOWN. WITH DUAL POINTS (AT TWO DIFFERENT CAM LOBES) THE "TIME" IS COMBINED GIVING THE COIL MORE TIME OR "DWELL" TO BUILD UP VOLTAGE. WHEN BOTH POINTS ARE OPEN AND THE CURRENT IS SHUT OFF, IT CAUSES A "COLLAPSE" OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE PRIMARY WINDINGS WHICH THEN PASSES THROUGH THE SECONDARY WINDINGS PRODUCING THE HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK!! IN THE LAWS OF ELECTICAL PHYSICS; A "RISING" AND "FALLING" MAGNETIC FIELD AROUND A COIL OF WINDINGS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS A "WINDING" OF WIRE ROTATING WITHIN A MAGNETIC FIELD JUST LIKE A GENERATER (DC) OR ALTERNATER (AC-THEN RECTIFIED) BUT IN THIS CASE OF HIGH VOLTAGE; MORE LIKE A MAGNETO!!! LASTLY; THE "CONDENSER" IS REALLY A CAPACITOR WHICH "SHUNTS" THE ELECTRON CURRENT TO GROUND (WITHOUT SHORTING IT) PREVENTING THE POINT GAPS FROM ARCING UPON OPENING, PREVENTING THIS ARCING MAKES FOR AN ABSOLUTE "CLEAN BREAK" IN THE CUTTING OFF OF THE CURRENT TO THE COIL AND THUS PRODUCES A MORE INSTANTANEOUS AND "RICHER" SPARK". THATS ALL I KNOW, HOPE I DIDNT BORE ANYBODY. MARLIN.
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