full thottle switch - how ammeters work

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Dwell is NEITHER mA or mV.
I'm not a hotshit electrical engineer and don't know anything about ammeters
and voltmeters, but I do know that you need to measure dwell on your car and
you need a dwell meter to do it!
Get a dwell meter. Something that has a scale on it that says "dwell"!
Then we can quibble about what the setting should be and how much it doesn't
effect the power your engine makes!
Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
To: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
Cc: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "L F"
<rocco16v@netzero.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: full thottle switch - how ammeters work


> I UNDERSTAND why the fuse blows out (not a complete idiot)
>
> but when I state (in my original message that started this long string of
> [JOKE]"MY father is a better electrician than your father"[/JOKE]
> when I put the multimeter in mA mode and put the leads to the wired of the
> test leads i blows the fuse, but I can get voltage just fine.
> and someone replied, your supposed to read miliamps not milivolts on that
> test lead. (which never really answered the question " is DWELL miliamps
or
> milivolts" because if I am blowing my fuse with setting my multimeter in
mA
> I am sure it will blow the fuse when I put it in DWELL reading mode.)
>
> I understand DWELL should be abouts 45-50% (depending whom you talk to)
and
> I do I love the long string of messages btw,
> but all I want is a simple answer not an course in electronica 101.
>
> geeez ..
>
>
> and toby, the paperclip in the socket, actually does not always blow the
> fuse, but if your holding the paperclip with your bare hands, your
grounding
> the circuit wuith your body and that is why you get voltage and amperage
> through your arm , and if the amperage is strong enough it can stop your
> heart, the voltage...can simply burn your skin and hair on the arm. (seen
my
> father touch a cathode tube one day trying to fix the tv... I do
understand
> how it works.. ahahahaha, firt and only man I saw fly across a room, going
> backwards.)
>
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> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: T. Reed [mailto:treed2@u.washington.edu]
> =>Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:31 AM
> =>To: Patrick Bureau
> =>Cc: Allyn; scirocco-l@scirocco.org; L F
> =>Subject: Re: full thottle switch - how ammeters work
> =>
> =>
> =>I'll try to put this simply.. it's a problem for the same reason
sticking
> =>a paper clip in a wall socket is a problem. You'll blow the fuse or
> =>circuit breaker because you're shorting out the outlet.
> =>
> =>-Toby
> =>
> =>> alright you guys lost me a while by I hung in there just in
> =>case I would get your wisdom and knowledge from reading your
> =>messages but alas I am stumped again...
> =>>
> =>> in laments terms please
> =>>
> =>> I have a 2 plug connector and 2 leads from the multimeter...
> =>how is putting those 2 leads into the plug be a problem ?
> =>>
> =>> and if it is not the proper way of doing it, what is ?
> =>>
>
>
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