full thottle switch - how ammeters work

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

Dan,
Hey, oldguy, I think dwell is the average "on" time of electricity, so it is sensing amperes or volts. (or maybe it's average "off" time....I dunno')
Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dan Bubb 
  To: ATS - Patrick Bureau ; T. Reed 
  Cc: Allyn ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org ; L F 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:08 AM
  Subject: Re: full thottle switch - how ammeters work


  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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