An ignition system for an internal combustion engine uses a Hall effect magnetic sensor to replace the usual breaker points. The Hall effect sensor is, in turn, connected to circuitry which supplies a pulsating voltage signal to the ignition coil in the engine.

Breakerless Ignition. The Breakerless SE allows you to convert any 1957 to 1974 GM, AMC or Jeep V8 breaker point type distributor (with a windowed type distributor cap) to a reliable solid-state electronic ignition, utilizing a fully integrated trigger and power module that fits completely inside the distributor.

noun. an automotive ignition in which electrical pulses are generated electronically, usually by transistors controlled by sensing devices, without the use of mechanically actuated breaker points.

Advantages of Electronic Ignition System: It has fewer moving parts. Low maintenance required. Less emission generates. Efficiency is good.

Currently, we recognize four types of ignition systems used in most cars and trucks: conventional breaker-point ignitions, high energy (electronic) ignitions, distributor-less (waste spark) ignition and coil-on-plug ignitions.

This is an older style of ignition system that uses points, a distributor, and an external coil. In an electronic system, you still have a distributor, but the points have been replaced with a pickup coil, and there’s an electronic ignition control module.

The Hall effect is when a magnetic field is applied at right angles to the current flow in a thin film where an electric field is generated, which is mutually perpendicular to the current and the magnetic field and which is directly proportional to the product of the current density and the magnetic induction.

As a result, the Hall effect is very useful as a means to measure either the carrier density or the magnetic field. One very important feature of the Hall effect is that it differentiates between positive charges moving in one direction and negative charges moving in the opposite.

It’s often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Very, very, very often said.

An oft-quoted bon mot (frequently attributed to Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, or a number of other people who probably never said it) is that insanity may be defined as “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” While the job of lexicographers might be easier if they were allowed to use witty sayings instead of

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