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Trigger Polarity – Why is it so important?
It’s not uncommon for us to receive a question on a no-spark or mis-timed spark problem, and often the solution is to switch the position of the trigger wires. This begs the question, why is the position of these wires so important? We’ll get into that here and hopefully provide some valuable insight on these…
March 21, 2018
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Overview of Capacitors
What are capacitors? Capacitors are electrical devices designed to hold a potential difference, similar to a battery, except capacitors store their charge as electrostatic energy. They consist of two conductive plates separated by a dielectric medium in which the static charge is stored as the current creates a potential difference across the plates. Why do…
March 15, 2018