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Re: The ongoing kudos of the Pertronix Ignition'




>> Briggs and Straton has been using electronic ignition for years. 
>> They even have a kit to update older engines to electronic
>> ignition...  And it's cheap!!!
>
>My B&S small engine manual was ony inches away, so I pulled it out 
>and found reference to 3 ignition systems which they use: a MAGNETRON 
>transistor unit, a flywheel type, and the MAGNA-MATIC.  You must mean 
>the Magnetron since this is called a transistor unit.
>
>I looked to see if there was any explanation of how this worked, but 
>I can't find anything.  They refer to it as "no moving parts", but it 
>seems like there are still points invoved; is this correct?  
>
>I'm not convinced that this would fit within my definition of an 
>"electronic ignition" but I agree that this is at least a grey area.
>
>Can you describe how they work?  It looks to me like at most it would 
>be a transistor triggered magneto where the transistor is just 
>triggered by the points or more subtlely by a second magnetic pickup 
>or something like that...?
>
Never had to take one apart. I have three engines with these units on
them and have never had any of them fail.  Can't have a set of points,
that would consist of a "moving part"...  So I can't answer any of your
questions on this...  All i know is that they work!!!

Scott


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