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Lynx:
Hi everyone,

Can condensers be tested off the bike, by resistance or similar?

Cheers

SteveD CB500K0:
I would say not.

As a condenser (we call them capacitors nowadays) it is basically an open circuit at low frequencies (ie DC) and a short circuit at high frequencies. It reduces the sparking at your points by offering a low impedance to the high frequencies caused by the abrupt opening of the points, "shunting" the excess power to earth.

If you have a spectrum analyser you can probably test it.

Or you could just get a new one  ;D

Lynx:
Thanks you Steve. That does give me a starting point as i have one which is open circuit and one which is closed circuit from body to terminal.

SteveD CB500K0:
If it is short circuit then it's dead.


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Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP):
Oddjob,

Thanks for the memories I too used to catch the young trainees out with that.
Cheers
Bitsa

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