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Advertising Index
Altronics.................................. 66-69
Amateur Scientist CD................... 94
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rating by stacking two cores together
and winding 0.7 the number of turns
originally specified around both cores.
The changes for a 24V battery are
detailed in the original article in a
separate panel. These include changes
to the inductor windings. Note that
diodes D1 & D2 are only rated for a
100W solar panel, not for 175W. Make
sure that any higher-rated replacement
diodes are also Schottky types so that
the circuit can operate at 32kHz.
The low-ESR capacitors need to be
increased in number to cope with the
extra current. The PCB tracks and fuse
are also not suited for the extra power
involved and will need to be upgraded.
The PCB tracks for the charging section could be beefed up with tinned
copper wire.
High-energy ignition
for old twin-cylinder
I have a 2-cylinder Kohler engine
driving a wood chipper. Originally
it had a “double-ended” ignition coil
activated by a conventional set of
points from a 12V battery. The coil
was damaged beyond repair and a
replacement was both expensive and
hard to get so I ended up using two
conventional 12V coils and condensers wired to the points to get the job
we were doing finished.
This was some months ago and
the decision has been made that the
machine should be fixed properly. I
thought about using one of your transistor ignition designs but didn’t know
if it would handle the two coils. I then
went to see my friendly auto-electrician and spoke to him about using a
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Notes & Errata
High-Energy Electronic Ignition
System, Nov-Dec 2012: readers
building the coil tester version of
the High Energy Electronic Ignition System, as depicted in Fig.10
on page 50 of the December 2012
issue, should be aware that there is
a risk of failure in the LM2940CT-5
regulator and the PIC microcontroller due to high voltage spikes
superimposed on the common
positive lead from the battery to
the coil and the ignition module.
To avoid this risk, the coil tester
should be built exactly as we have
configured it for the Jacob’s Ladder in this issue, including the
added protection components for
the regulator: 10Ω resistor, 13.6V
TVS and 1000µF 25V DC input
capacitor.
These additional components
are not required for the other versions of the High Energy Electronic
Ignition System.
Commodore ignition coil (which he
gave me) but he says that they need a
special driver. Jaycar has a number of
electronic ignition kits but the people
in the Port Macquarie shop were unsure as to what would be needed. (D.
H., via email).
• If you only have one set of points
Instant PCBs................................ 95
Jaycar .............................. IFC,45-52
Keith Rippon................................. 95
Kitstop.......................................... 10
LED Sales.................................... 95
Linkwell........................................ 11
Low Energy Developments.......... 95
Microchip Technology..................... 3
Mikroelektronika............................. 7
Ocean Controls............................ 37
Quest Electronics......................... 95
Radio, TV & Hobbies DVD............ 87
RF Modules.................................. 96
Sesame Electronics..................... 95
Silicon Chip Binders..................... 70
Silicon Chip Bookshop................. 79
Silicon Chip Order Form............... 89
Silicon Chip Partshop................... 88
Silicon Chip Subscriptions........... 21
Splat Controls............................... 95
Star Components......................... 95
Television Replacements............. 95
Tenrod Pty Ltd.............................. 19
Truscotts Electronic World............ 95
Wiltronics..................................... 8,9
Worldwide Elect. Components..... 96
driving a coil with two HT output terminals then a Commodore coil driven
by our High-Energy Ignition System
(SILICON CHIP, November & December
2012) is the way to go. In fact, if you
read the Jacob’s Ladder article in this
issue, you will see that we are using a
version of our High-Energy Ignition.
For your application, build the points
version of the kit. Altronics or Jaycar
SC
can supply the kit.
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