confusion about camera capacitor/ignition coil wiki article

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Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:32 am

Hey all, i was lookin at the wiki article on wiring up a capacitor/ ignition coil setup, and was wondering, why do some pictures show two wires coming out of one hole and some show only one- an example is step 4- they show two wires- is that just a screwup or what?
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Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:58 am

looks like someone just wanted to make the wires larger and then neglected to fill the space with color. you only need one wire.

i wonder how many more people see that as 2 wires as opposed to 1 wire.

i can imagine how someone would get frustrated trying to solder 2 wires on every hole that the images in the wiki show.
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Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:59 am

haha yea thats what i figured, just wanted to make sure before i started building the circuit, we'll see though.
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Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:05 pm

Step 4 is depicting 1 wire. I gues the artist was going for effect, lol. I think it's intended to be a heavier gauge wire to that side of the circuit.

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Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:14 pm

lol thanks guys, just checking, appreciate it.

(I really need to get my mom to let me use her camera... oh well we'll see)
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Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:13 pm

Rofl, I don't think she'll be impressed with you dismantling her camera for this :D
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