The ignition coil on a car ranges between 3 and 5 amps, which it gets from a 12 volt battery. The battery produces DC current though the coil The coil can transform the low voltage of the batter to thousands of volts that are needed to start the car.
each spark plug has its own ignition coil on top of the plug, like many current cars.
The ignition coil would only affect the spark to the spark plug(s).
The purpose of the ignition coil is to take the low 12 volt current from the cars battery/altenator and convert it to 20,000 volts (or more) so that the spark plugs will ignite the fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber of the engine.
Yes, an example is an automobile's ignition coil, which is energised from the battery, via the contacts within the distributor. The contacts open and close, supplying the ignition coil with pulsating current.
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Yes, the ignition switch is responsible for powering the ignition system, which includes the ignition coil. When the ignition switch is turned on, it allows electrical current to flow to the ignition coil, enabling it to generate a high-voltage spark necessary for igniting the air-fuel mixture in the engine's cylinders. This process is crucial for starting and running the engine.
An external resistor connects to an ignition coil by being wired in series with the coil's primary winding. This resistor limits the current flowing to the coil, helping to prevent overheating and ensuring proper voltage levels for the ignition system. Typically, it is connected to the positive terminal of the coil and the ignition switch, while the other terminal of the coil connects to ground. This setup is common in older ignition systems to manage the power output effectively.
The Term "Ignition module" can be applied to more than one item. On older cars with a Distributor and coil pack, the ignition module is an electrical switch that turns the power on and off to the coil, which in tern causes the coil to generate a spark. On more modern cars that do not have a distributor, but have fully computerised ignition systems, it usually refers to the ignition coil, which also incorporates the item mentioned above. In both cases it's responsible for causing a surge of high voltage electricity to be supplied to the spark plugs to cause the petrol/air mixture in the cylinders to ignite.
The ignition coil is inside the ignition distributor.
No. The coil provides the spark and the module tells the coil when to spark.
The coil is built into the distributor. For the 1999-2003 Galant straight-four, there are two coil packs. The ignition coils go over the spark plugs for cylinders 2 and 4.
cracked distributor. I had the same problem when it got wet. It was the ignition coil, a common problem with these cars. You are getting water in your ignition coil, probably due to a crack. You can pay $300 for a new coil and install yourself (pretty simple, just remove and replace) or fix the cracked coil with epoxy.