Chainsaw coil

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Philbob1
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:32 pm

Today I had the pleasure to take apart a chainsaw, and I picked up the coil.

But, I can't find where to plug things into to make a circuit such as http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/high-po ... 10486.html

Can anyone help me?

Here are pics of it

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homedepotpro
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:51 pm

im sorry to tell you, i was in the EXACT same boat as you a couple of months ago. I started a tread just like this one, and the result was that it wouldn't work. Idk maybe we missed something. might want to search for that thread
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Philbob1
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:06 pm

I have checked your thread, and I'll do some tests but will prolly just buy a car coil at home depot :P
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iPaintball
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Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:11 pm

Yeah, that's a magneto coil. It gets its power from current induced by spinning magnets attached to the starting drum. You'd be better off buying a car coil. Even better, make a flyback circuit... :twisted:
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