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Understanding ignition coils and the symptoms of a failing coil

Ignition coils sit at the center of every gasoline engine’s spark, yet they usually stay invisible until something goes wrong ...
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How your car’s coil packs cause sudden misfires

Sudden misfires feel like the engine just lost its rhythm, yet the real drama often starts inside a failing coil pack. When ignition coils break down under heat, vibration, or age, they can turn a ...
IEEE

Protection and Quench Detection of YBCO Coils Results With Small Test Coil Assemblies

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an experimental and theoretical study of the stability and protection of small test coil assemblies wound with second-generation (2G) High-Temperature ...
Team-BHP

My Duke 390 refuses to start post oil change: Here's the reason

My Duke 390 had been a workhorse for the past 8 years/37000 KM. It was time for the yearly oil change, and as always, I ...
IEEE

Progress on European ITER Toroidal Field Coil Procurement: Cold Test and Insertion Work Package

Abstract: The plasma confinement of the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER) is provided by the magnetic field generated by 18 toroidal field coils. Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European ...
Jalopnik

Should You Replace Your Ignition Coils When You Replace Spark Plugs?

You're hunched over the engine with your wrist painfully contorted, wishing you were Mr. Fantastic. You've finally removed broken spark plug number four and then the intrusive thought hits. "Should I ...