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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Part of an engine's ignition system</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Magneto_components.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Magneto_components.png/220px-Magneto_components.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Magneto_components.png/330px-Magneto_components.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Magneto_components.png/440px-Magneto_components.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Magneto components.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Impulse_Coupling_components.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Impulse_Coupling_components.png/220px-Impulse_Coupling_components.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="468" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Impulse_Coupling_components.png/330px-Impulse_Coupling_components.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Impulse_Coupling_components.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption>Impulse coupling components.</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>ignition magneto</b> (also called a <b>high-tension magneto</b>) is an older type of <a href="/wiki/Ignition_system" title="Ignition system">ignition system</a> used in <a href="/wiki/Spark-ignition_engine" title="Spark-ignition engine">spark-ignition engines</a> (such as petrol engines). It uses a <a href="/wiki/Magneto" title="Magneto">magneto</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">transformer</a> to make pulses of high voltage for the <a href="/wiki/Spark_plug" title="Spark plug">spark plugs</a>. The older term "high-tension" means "high-<a href="/wiki/Voltage" title="Voltage">voltage</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ignition_magneto&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A simple <a href="/wiki/Magneto" title="Magneto">magneto</a> (an electrical generator using permanent magnets) is able to produce relatively low <a href="/wiki/Voltage" title="Voltage">voltage</a> electricity, however it is unable to produce the high voltages required by a <a href="/wiki/Spark_plug" title="Spark plug">spark plug</a> as used in most modern engines (aside from <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Cauldwell,_1941,_88_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cauldwell,_1941,_88-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <i>ignition magneto</i> also includes an electrical <a href="/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">transformer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Cauldwell,_1941,_88_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cauldwell,_1941,_88-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which converts the electricity to a higher voltage (with the trade-off being a corresponding reduction in the output <a href="/wiki/Electric_current" title="Electric current">current</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Cauldwell,_1941,_88_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cauldwell,_1941,_88-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the points begin to open, point spacing is initially such that the voltage across the primary coil would arc across the points. A <a href="/wiki/Capacitor" title="Capacitor">capacitor</a> is placed across the points which absorbs the energy stored in the <a href="/wiki/Leakage_inductance" title="Leakage inductance">leakage inductance</a> of the primary coil, and slows the rise time of the primary winding voltage to allow the points to open fully.<sup id="cite_ref-continentalmotors_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-continentalmotors-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second coil, with many more turns than the primary, is wound on the same iron core to form an electrical <a href="/wiki/Transformer" title="Transformer">transformer</a>. The ratio of turns in the secondary winding to the number of turns in the primary winding, is called the <i>turns ratio</i>. Voltage across the primary coil results in a proportional voltage being induced across the secondary winding of the coil. The turns ratio between the primary and secondary coil is selected so that the voltage across the secondary reaches a very high value, enough to arc across the gap of the spark plug. As the voltage of the primary winding rises to several hundred volts,<sup id="cite_ref-continentalmotors_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-continentalmotors-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the voltage on the secondary winding rises to several tens of thousands of volts, since the secondary winding typically has 100 times as many turns as the primary winding.<sup id="cite_ref-continentalmotors_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-continentalmotors-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impulse_coupling,_induction_vibrator,_and_booster_coil"><span id="Impulse_coupling.2C_induction_vibrator.2C_and_booster_coil"></span>Impulse coupling, induction vibrator, and booster coil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ignition_magneto&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Impulse coupling, induction vibrator, and booster coil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:432px;max-width:432px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:199px;max-width:199px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:118px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Induction_Vibrator_schematic.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Induction_Vibrator_schematic.png/197px-Induction_Vibrator_schematic.png" decoding="async" width="197" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Induction_Vibrator_schematic.png/296px-Induction_Vibrator_schematic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Induction_Vibrator_schematic.png/394px-Induction_Vibrator_schematic.png 2x" data-file-width="973" data-file-height="585" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:229px;max-width:229px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:118px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Booster_Coil_components.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Booster_Coil_components.png/227px-Booster_Coil_components.png" decoding="async" width="227" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Booster_Coil_components.png/341px-Booster_Coil_components.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Booster_Coil_components.png/454px-Booster_Coil_components.png 2x" data-file-width="812" data-file-height="422" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">(Left) In a vibrator coil, points open and close rapidly, creating pulsating DC, or interrupted battery current. Electrical current flows from the battery through R1, vibrator points V1, and coil L2. The energized coil L2 opens vibrator points V1, interrupting the current flow through L2. The magnetic field about L2 collapses, and vibrator points V1 close again. Once more, current flows through L2, and again V1 vibrator points open. This process is repeated continuously, creating a "shower of sparks." (Right) Booster coil components. The booster coil is separate from the magneto and can generate a series of sparks on its own. Current flow through the primary coil sets up a magnetic field about the coil that attracts the movable contact point, breaking circuit is broken. The movable contact point then moves back to the stationary contact point via a spring. This sets up the current flow once again in a repetitive process.</div></div></div></div> <p>Because the magneto has low voltage output at low speed, starting an engine is more difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-Kroes,_1995_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kroes,_1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therefore, some magnetos have an impulse coupling, a spring-like mechanical linkage between the engine and magneto drive shaft which "winds up" and "lets go" at the proper moment for spinning the magneto shaft. The impulse coupling uses a spring, a hub cam with flyweights, and a shell.<sup id="cite_ref-Kroes,_1995_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kroes,_1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hub of the magneto rotates while the drive shaft is held stationary, and the spring tension builds up. When the magneto is supposed to fire, the flyweights are released by the action of the body contacting the trigger ramp. This allows the spring to unwind giving the rotating magnet a rapid rotation and letting the magneto spin at such a speed to produce a spark.<sup id="cite_ref-Kroes,_1995_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kroes,_1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ignition_magneto&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 1890s, English engineer <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Richard_Simms" title="Frederick Richard Simms">Frederick Richard Simms</a> collaborated with the German engineer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bosch" title="Robert Bosch">Robert Bosch</a>, and his staff of Arnold Zähringer, Young Rall, and Gottlob Honold, in developing the first practical high-tension magneto. In 1900, the Bosch magneto ignition was used in the <a href="/wiki/Gottlieb_Daimler" title="Gottlieb Daimler">Gottlieb Daimler</a> engines on the <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rb_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first car to use magneto ignition was the 1901 German <a href="/wiki/Mercedes_35_hp" title="Mercedes 35 hp">Mercedes 35 hp</a> racing car, followed by various cars produced by <a href="/wiki/Benz_%26_Cie." class="mw-redirect" title="Benz & Cie.">Benz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mors_(automobile)" title="Mors (automobile)">Mors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turcat-Mery" class="mw-redirect" title="Turcat-Mery">Turcat-Mery</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nesseldorf" class="mw-redirect" title="Nesseldorf">Nesseldorf</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Georgano,_1985_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Georgano,_1985-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ignition magnetos were soon used on most cars, for both low voltage systems (which used secondary coils to fire the spark plugs) and high voltage magnetos (which fired the spark plug directly, similar to <a href="/wiki/Induction_coil" title="Induction coil">induction coil</a> ignition).<sup id="cite_ref-Georgano,_1985_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Georgano,_1985-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ignition magnetos were largely replaced by <a href="/wiki/Ignition_coil" title="Ignition coil">ignition coils</a> once batteries became common in cars, since a battery-operated coil can provide a high-voltage spark even at low speeds, making starting easier.<sup id="cite_ref-VAWH96_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VAWH96-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:432px;max-width:432px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:229px;max-width:229px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:132px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ignition_System_schematic.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ignition_System_schematic.png/227px-Ignition_System_schematic.png" decoding="async" width="227" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ignition_System_schematic.png/341px-Ignition_System_schematic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ignition_System_schematic.png/454px-Ignition_System_schematic.png 2x" data-file-width="815" data-file-height="474" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:199px;max-width:199px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:132px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bosch_magneto_circuit_(Army_Service_Corps_Training,_Mechanical_Transport,_1911).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bosch_magneto_circuit_%28Army_Service_Corps_Training%2C_Mechanical_Transport%2C_1911%29.jpg/197px-Bosch_magneto_circuit_%28Army_Service_Corps_Training%2C_Mechanical_Transport%2C_1911%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="197" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bosch_magneto_circuit_%28Army_Service_Corps_Training%2C_Mechanical_Transport%2C_1911%29.jpg/296px-Bosch_magneto_circuit_%28Army_Service_Corps_Training%2C_Mechanical_Transport%2C_1911%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Bosch_magneto_circuit_%28Army_Service_Corps_Training%2C_Mechanical_Transport%2C_1911%29.jpg/394px-Bosch_magneto_circuit_%28Army_Service_Corps_Training%2C_Mechanical_Transport%2C_1911%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="812" data-file-height="546" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">(Left) Aircraft dual ignition system with two individual magnetos, separate sets of wires, and spark plugs, increases reliability. 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