--- developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> wrote:
> Does not make sense. Electricity will always take the least
> path of
> resistance. Right? William

> > To me, if you provide four paths to ground then the
> impedance of the plug
> > becomes R/4 since said paths are in parallel. Substituting
> into above
> > formula you get Power=4*V^2/R or four times the power is
> required from the
> > coil.

You are correct William, and the above formula is not.  The
quad-tip spark fires only ONE spark at ONE time.

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