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<blockquote data-quote="PowerArc" data-source="post: 93381" data-attributes="member: 3041"><p>The resistor in the spark plug cap has nothing to due with the ballast resistor. The ballast resistor is on the primary side of the coil and the resistor in the spark plug cap is on the secondary side of the coil having a completely different function in the circuit. </p><p></p><p>Extreme EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) is generated in the form of a voltage spike during the collapse of the magnetic field of the ignition coil. It is not the voltage spike that harms the integrated circuits of the microprocessors or counting chips it is the circuit carried by the high voltage spikes. The resistance of the added to the caps, spark plugs and/or spark plug wires acts as a current limit resistor protecting the electronic ignition.</p><p></p><p>Points and transistor switched ignitions without microprocessors or counting circuits are not effected by EMI so do as you wish because points output is weak to start with.</p><p></p><p>RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) is a subset of EMI and has no effect on electronic ignitions but does reek havoc with AM radio.</p><p></p><p>Protection from EMI has improved but with the newer high power, quicker switching coils and multi-spark ignitions it just keeps getting tougher to protect the ignition. Not using enough resistance can and does cause the transistors to lock on giving allowing long saturation times, over heating the transistors to the point of melting the solder allowing disconnect or destroying the transistor and ignition. </p><p></p><p>As always feel free to test, shoot lots of video and no warranty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowerArc, post: 93381, member: 3041"] The resistor in the spark plug cap has nothing to due with the ballast resistor. The ballast resistor is on the primary side of the coil and the resistor in the spark plug cap is on the secondary side of the coil having a completely different function in the circuit. Extreme EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) is generated in the form of a voltage spike during the collapse of the magnetic field of the ignition coil. It is not the voltage spike that harms the integrated circuits of the microprocessors or counting chips it is the circuit carried by the high voltage spikes. The resistance of the added to the caps, spark plugs and/or spark plug wires acts as a current limit resistor protecting the electronic ignition. Points and transistor switched ignitions without microprocessors or counting circuits are not effected by EMI so do as you wish because points output is weak to start with. RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) is a subset of EMI and has no effect on electronic ignitions but does reek havoc with AM radio. Protection from EMI has improved but with the newer high power, quicker switching coils and multi-spark ignitions it just keeps getting tougher to protect the ignition. Not using enough resistance can and does cause the transistors to lock on giving allowing long saturation times, over heating the transistors to the point of melting the solder allowing disconnect or destroying the transistor and ignition. As always feel free to test, shoot lots of video and no warranty. [/QUOTE]
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