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On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 14:31, Mark Healey wrote: > I was in Sears the other day checking out the tools and they had this > inductive spark checker. You just hold it against the wire and a > light inside goes off if there is a spark. > > Do they work and how accurate are they. > > Will they light with any spark or only with a good one? > Well, I would just go for a regular inductive timing light. The problem with using both types to see if you have spark, is that if the wire or plug is shorted to ground, it will still indicate that there is spark. They are just showing that there is current in the plug wire. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~