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An ignition system uses an ignition coil with a primary and secondary winding to generate spark for combustion. In a breaker-point ignition system, the primary circuit includes the coil, breaker points, and battery, while the secondary circuit includes the coil windings, distributor, and spark plugs. Electronic ignition systems replace the mechanical breaker points with solid-state electronics, eliminating moving parts but retaining the distributor. This makes electronic systems more reliable long-term but the distributor still requires maintenance.

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A Distributor

An ignition system uses an ignition coil with a primary and secondary winding to generate spark for combustion. In a breaker-point ignition system, the primary circuit includes the coil, breaker points, and battery, while the secondary circuit includes the coil windings, distributor, and spark plugs. Electronic ignition systems replace the mechanical breaker points with solid-state electronics, eliminating moving parts but retaining the distributor. This makes electronic systems more reliable long-term but the distributor still requires maintenance.

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A DISTRIBUTOR-BASED ELECTRONIC IGNITION SYSTEM’S

BREAKER-POINT IGNITION
SYSTEM’S WIRING

1. What does the  An ignition coil consists of


ignition system’s two coils of wire wrapped
do? around an iron core,
known as the primary
winding, or primary coil,
and the secondary
winding, or secondary
coil.
2. How it work?  The primary circuit  Electronic systems have
consists of the primary two ignition coils and
coil, the “breaker point” accordingly two circuits,
and the car’s batteries. a primary circuit and a
 The secondary circuit secondary circuit. The
consists of the secondary part of the primary
windings in the coil, the circuit from the battery
high tension lead coil to the battery terminal at
wire on external coil the primary coil stays
distributors, the spark unchanged, as well as
plugs, the spark plug the entire secondary
leads, the distributor circuit.
rotor and the distributor
cap.
3. Mechanical moving
part.

4. Advantages  Easy maintenance: The  Less likely to break


mechanical nature of down: The breaker
these ignition systems, as points and condenser are
well as the fact that these removed, thus electronic
systems have been systems have fewer
around the longest, mechanical moving parts,
render them relatively thus are less likely to
easy to diagnose and break down.
repair.  Reliable: Unlike breaker-
point ignition systems,
electronic systems can
generate consistent, high
voltage spark throughout
the life of the engine,
meaning fewer engine
misfires and reasonable
emissions.
5. Disadvantages  Likely to breakdown:  Maintenance: Still, the
However, they consist of distributor remains,
a large number of which is subject to wear
mechanically moving and tear and will require
parts, thus also increasing replacement, adding to
the potential for wear repair costs.
and tear, malfunction and  Timing: Spark timing is
breakdowns. exactly precise, resulting
 Affect engine in sluggish acceleration
performance: Such likely and poor fuel economy.
deterioration of these
types of ignition system
can decrease the
maximum spark energy
over time, causing
frequent engine
problems such as misfires
and increased emissions.
6. Maintenance

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