Conductivity

["John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>]

Danny my electrician friend,
Why would you set the gap with the ignition on?  Never mind, better I
don't know, probably.
Brass is more conductive than steel, so you'd do better with an
explanation that involved magnetism rather than conductivity. 
No big deal, just thought I'd jolt your mind with something you
already knew.
John H. 
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To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
Subject: ihc-digest V6 #784
Date: Wed, Apr 28, 1999, 1:58 PM


From: cookiedan@domain.elided (Daniel Nees)
Subject: Re: flacky pertronics?

John,
   The steel gauges are conductive and when I would set the points gap
with the key on (bad thing to do) I would get wrapped by the charge in
the coil! The brass is not as cunductive and cut down on the number of
jolts. It doesn't matter now that I have the PerTronix, and I keep a
match book in the glove box along side the points.

_____Dan Nees_____