-=> Mike Ross said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "ALTERNATOR RATINGS" on 02-25-03  22:08.....

 MR> What was worse was point ignition systems using transistors. The
 MR> problem was the miniscule base current didn't burn the contact surface
 MR> vapours like the old straight coil type would and a film would build up
 MR> over time creating an intermittant resistor where there shouldn't be
 MR> any. 

I've heard of them icing up too.

 MR> What with engines getting smaller and running at higher rpm to make up
 MR> the same hp's, a mechanical ignition system will eventually have the
 MR> points floating at those ever higher rpm's. Points are less practical
 MR> now with computerized engine control systems.

Yes, that is a problem.

Sometimes I wonder whether the increased efficiency and peppier
performance is really worth the increased difficulty and cost to
do what would have been a minor repair on an older engine.

    Our task now is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the
    course for the future.
                        John F. Kennedy

From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia

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