ignition voltage

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• ignition voltage — The voltage at which the spark jumps across the electrodes; 30,000 volts are quite common today. Also see required ignition voltage …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• required ignition voltage — The maximum high voltage required to produce a spark under particular conditions …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Ignition system — For other uses, see Ignition system (disambiguation). An ignition system is a system for igniting a fuel air mixture. Ignition systems are well known in the field of internal combustion engines such as those used in petrol (gasoline) engines used …   Wikipedia

• voltage — [1] A difference in electrical potential between one end of a circuit and the other. Also called electromotive force (EMF). Voltage causes current to flow. Measured in volts. [2] Term used to indicate the electrical potential or electromotive… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• ignition — A process which initiates the combustion of the compressed air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber. In a spark ignition engine, the mixture is ignited by an electric spark; in a diesel engine, the self igniting mixture must be preheated by… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Ignition timing — in an internal combustion engine is the process of setting the time that a spark will occur in the combustion chamber (during the power stroke) relative to piston position and crankshaft angular velocity. Setting the correct ignition timing is… …   Wikipedia

• ignition system — the system in an internal combustion engine that produces the spark to ignite the mixture of fuel and air: includes the battery, ignition coil, distributor, spark plugs, and associated switches and wiring. [1900 05] * * * In a gasoline engine,… …   Universalium

• Ignition coil — Bosch ignition coil. Dual ignition coils (blue cylinders, top of picture) on a …   Wikipedia

• ignition coil — A pulse transformer which is a part of the ignition system. It receives a small amount of electrical voltage from the battery and steps up the low primary voltage and amplifies it into a big jolt of voltage of about 20,000 volts, and sends it to… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• ignition coil — noun an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high voltage current required by spark plugs • Hypernyms: ↑induction coil • Part Holonyms: ↑ignition, ↑ignition system * * * (in an automotive ignition system) a transformer… …   Useful english dictionary

• ignition coil — (in an automotive ignition system) a transformer consisting of two wire windings or coils in which low voltage direct current is fed through the primary winding to generate high voltage spark pulses in the secondary winding. Also called coil.… …   Universalium