- Wed May 09, 2018 7:02 pm
#76677
When someone mentions a distributor in the vehicle ignition context I always have this sort of thing in mind:
http://www.distributordoctor.com
Those things literally **distribute** the HT current for sparks on a multi-cylinder engine to the different HT leads, so it's quite an appropriate description for the apparatus on a coil ignition RE twin, (before the Series 2 Interceptor at least) but there's none of that going on with a single, the entire HT output from the coil goes straight to the (normally) one plug. Nothing is being distributed. Our Indian friends call their Indian Bullet contact breaker thingy Delcos, presumably after Delco-Remy?
RE also for some reason insisted on calling the swinging arm a chainstay, and RE India describe the 3 phase alternator on the Electra-X as a magneto, which it obviously isn't, it's a permanent magnet alternator, not a self-contained spark generator.
A.
http://www.distributordoctor.com
Those things literally **distribute** the HT current for sparks on a multi-cylinder engine to the different HT leads, so it's quite an appropriate description for the apparatus on a coil ignition RE twin, (before the Series 2 Interceptor at least) but there's none of that going on with a single, the entire HT output from the coil goes straight to the (normally) one plug. Nothing is being distributed. Our Indian friends call their Indian Bullet contact breaker thingy Delcos, presumably after Delco-Remy?
RE also for some reason insisted on calling the swinging arm a chainstay, and RE India describe the 3 phase alternator on the Electra-X as a magneto, which it obviously isn't, it's a permanent magnet alternator, not a self-contained spark generator.
A.
