X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao102.cox.net ([68.230.241.44] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2243453 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:01:45 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.44; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao102.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20070805130106.BNJI7193.fed1rmmtao102.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:01:06 -0400 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.132.90]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id YD151X0041xAn3c0000000; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:01:05 -0400 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Whole lota Sparks - Mode 8 is HOT Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 06:03:18 -0800 Message-ID: <000001c7d769$60423c80$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C7D726.521EFC80" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C7D726.521EFC80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Well, after doing research, I find that I should never fire the coils without being connected to a grounded spark plug... because the spark = has to go somewhere =20 That was my first thought; but still =93I took all the wires off = entirely, and sparks were flying out of the socket and arcing across several inches to reach the control harness for the coil. That is amazing! When I pull a = wire off a plug, and spin the engine with the starter; the spark only jumps = about =BD=94 gap, or less, to the plug, or the block. It seems weak to me, = but I figured maybe because the starter is pulling the voltage down. Is there something wrong with my coils? Engine runs fine. =20 Maybe I should try the mode 8 thing, although I=92m not sure my EC2 has = that feature. =20 Al =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C7D726.521EFC80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

Well, after doing research, I find that I = should never fire the coils without being connected to a grounded spark plug...  because the spark has to go somewhere

 

That was my first thought; but = still “I took all the wires off entirely, and sparks were flying out of the = socket and arcing across several inches to reach the control harness for the = coil. That is amazing!=A0 When I pull a wire off a plug, and spin = the engine with the starter; the spark only jumps about =BD” gap, or = less, to the plug, or the block. =A0It seems weak to me, but I figured maybe = because the starter is pulling the voltage down. Is there something wrong with my coils?=A0 = Engine runs fine.

 

Maybe I should try the mode 8 = thing, although I’m not sure my EC2 has that feature.

 

Al

 

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