Information; elementary electricity, motor car electric systems, the gas engine from an ignition point of view, driving the car (1920)
Phillips, Harvey Elmer, 1874-1948 · Dayton, Ohio, Auto Electric Systems Publishing Company · leaf 299
d the engine is not running. To test the condenser, first make and break the circuit with the timer, and notethe sparking at the timer contacts. Then disconnect one side of the condenser andhold this connection away, as shown by the dotted line. Now make and break thecircuit with the timer and note… … Figure 49. This shows another method of testing a condenser. If the lampburns with the wires at A held apart, the condenser is short-circuited. If thelamp does not burn, the condenser is not short-circuited, but it may be open-cir-cuited. To determine this, momentarily bring the ends of the test…
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