On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, David Beierl wrote:

> Actually, it's when they open (in a conventional points-type system).

And the condensor absorbs the voltage spike from the collapsing magnetic
field on the primary side.  While not as high as the spike on the
secondary side, it would still be enough to arc across the points as they
opened and quickly burn them out.

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