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01-09-2021, 10:31 PM
Hi there, When you measured the resistance to ground of the spark plate was it completely disconnected from the rest of the radio?Sometimes spark plates are " in series " with other bits of the circuit and that 5 ohms may have been the vibrator resistance or one side of the vibrator transformer primary to earth.
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spark plates - by fenbach - 12-21-2020, 05:24 PM
RE: spark plates - by morzh - 12-21-2020, 06:09 PM
RE: spark plates - by fenbach - 12-21-2020, 06:43 PM
RE: spark plates - by wannchev - 12-22-2020, 12:55 PM
RE: spark plates - by Antipodal - 01-09-2021, 10:31 PM
RE: spark plates - by fenbach - 01-29-2021, 10:25 PM
RE: spark plates - by Tim Tress - 02-07-2021, 10:49 PM



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