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coil question and introduction

Thread starter charleswise
Start date Apr 21, 2021

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jmacdonald

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Sep 29, 2022

The kind of capacitors used here are basically 2 are two strips of metal foil separated by an insulating material then rolled up like a jelly roll. Sometimes there is a problem with the insulating material causing a short between the two foils causing the capacitor to fail.

And yes as posted above the capacitor is used in this instance to stop the arcing on the points.