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What does this damaged capacitor do??

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Feb 27th, 2021, 23:24

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Laird Scooby

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Originally Posted by YorkshireDave

Now someone has mentioned it, it might have been the Elektor kit was used in my Morris Minor. I now seem to recall a slotted disc (as you used to find in computer mice) used for switching...

The Elektor was a self-build thing, (not sure if there was even a PCB available) and contact-assisted.

Your Moggy sounds more like a Lucas Optronic (think that's the name or was it Lucas "Opus" Electronic?) conversion kit where the contact breakers were replaced with an opto-isolator and slotted disc, usually with as many "fingers" as cylinders that was attached to the dizzy shaft.

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