Re: Homemade CDI

steamer wrote:
Wayne Weedon <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Capacitor Discharge Ignition. Probably he most used technique these days.

--Aha. Using a cap doesn't fix the rate? By this I mean it still
works at various throttle settings? Neat trick.

Not sure what you mean. CDI's basically work by charging a cap during the dwell period, and discharging through an SCR into the coil.

Been used since at least the early 70's. Of course most of the newer ones are controlled via a micro to give mapping etc.

Wayne...
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