Doesn't the coil build up it electrical charge when the points are closed, and then release that charge when the points open? .............................MO --On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Dave Casey <polara413@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Dave CaseyDwell is just the amount of time (usually in degrees) that the points are open. During this dwell time, the ignition coil is charging up so that when the points close, the coil can discharge to make a spark. Electronic ignition systems replace the mechanical points with an electronic switch to serve the same function. There is still dwell time on an electronic ignition system, and you can measure it as you always have using a meter on the coil. You cannot, however, adjust it without modifying the orange box (or whatever your system happens to be). There may be specialized systems with adjustable dwell, but as long as it meets a minimum value I don't believe there is much benefit to adjusting it.On something like an MSD, dwell may not be as easy to measure (just as you have to use a special tach filter/tach output instead of monitoring RPM directly from the coil).--On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Michael LeFevre <493mike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Dwell is built into the circuitry on all the electronic ignitions. I know of no way to test it.Mike--On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 12:50 PM, 'Paul L. http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-le ' via The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse <1962to1965mopars@googlegroups.com > wrote:Is it possible to measure dwell on a distributor that has been converted to electronic (Mopar orange box)? Or is that a points only operation.--
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