[I] remember partially reading a article in a AMCA magazine issue back in the 2010-2013 time frame If I remember correctly on the reasons thought or known to be be for the degrading or decomposing of the material's used inside of ignition condenser's and how/why the condensers of today do not last as long as the earlier parts. Does anyone here remember seeing this article, it was posted by a contributing writer in the back part of the issue. I have long since misplaced/lost the issue and would like to re read/absorb the content. I think I understand the working principle of the condenser, and understand that when they fail they can go "open" or "short" when they fail.
I have personally had two fail the same way in the same bike "shorting" about 16 years apart. I think they were shorting because the bike was running fine when shut down and would not re start back up, the points were not burning up as in a "open" type of failure. The last time it failed I had just stopped and re filled the gas tank, I pushed the bike to the side and when I checked/found power to the points and a heavy sparking at the points I replaced the condenser with a spare I carried since the first failure and I had the correct ignition/light sparking at the points once again and at the plugs, the bike started right back up. This article talked about what was taking place when the condenser failed though. Thanks.
I have personally had two fail the same way in the same bike "shorting" about 16 years apart. I think they were shorting because the bike was running fine when shut down and would not re start back up, the points were not burning up as in a "open" type of failure. The last time it failed I had just stopped and re filled the gas tank, I pushed the bike to the side and when I checked/found power to the points and a heavy sparking at the points I replaced the condenser with a spare I carried since the first failure and I had the correct ignition/light sparking at the points once again and at the plugs, the bike started right back up. This article talked about what was taking place when the condenser failed though. Thanks.
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