Re: [T3] Inductive spark checkers

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>Jim, are you sure it's a ferrite torroid and not a termite rhomboid 
because I've seen the termite rhomboids for sale at NAPA and they're 
pretty expensive but finding a ferrite torroid might be more difficult 
to come by.  Or do you have an FAQ on how to build your own ferrite torroid?

Just giving ya a hard time :-p"""

   Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
   '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914
   http://www.icbm.org/
   Portland, Oregon



Jim Adney wrote:

> On 23 Jul 2004 at 12:31, Mark Healey wrote:
>
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>
> > 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.
> >
> > ...
> You could make your own with an LED, a ferrite torroid, and a piece of wire. I 
> suggested that to a friend recently and it just helped him solve a year-old 
> problem with his Volvo...
>  

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