terminal of spark plug

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• Spark plug — A spark plug (also, very rarely nowadays, in British English: a sparking plug) is an electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark.… …   Wikipedia

• spark plug boot — A molded rubber or plastic insulator which fits over a spark plug terminal …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• spark plug insulator — A highly stressed part of the spark plug, usually made of alumina ceramic, which serves to insulate the center electrode and the terminal stud from the shell; its material must have high dielectric, mechanical and thermal strength as well as good …   Dictionary of automotive terms

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• terminal tower — The terminals at the top of the distributor cap into which the spark plug wires fit. Also called distributor tower …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• center terminal — A high tension distributor has a rotor which spins around a center post and transfers electrical energy from the center post or terminal to each of the surrounding terminals located in the distributor cap. In this way the energy from the coil is… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• outer terminal — The electrode on the inside of the distributor cap, one outer terminal being assigned to each spark plug; the distributor rotor distributes the firing voltage from the central electrode to the outer terminals. The opposite is center electrode …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Distributor — This article is about the engine component. For other uses, see Distributor (disambiguation). Typical distributor with distributor cap Also visible are mounting/drive shaft (bottom), vacuum advance unit (right) and capacitor (centre) A… …   Wikipedia

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• gap — [1] The distance between the center terminal (electrode) and the outer terminal (electrode) through which the spark must travel in a spark plug. Also see spark plug gap air gap. [2] The distance between the points in contact breaker points. See… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

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