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>> 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