A&L condensers?

[lotsagas4u]

Where do you buy these condensers? Snyders has a short proof one, but not sure who makes them. Berts, Brattons, appear to have the same version.

Thanks for the help.

[Ivan in southeast va.]

I would think that A&L made them all and supplied the suppliers.

[ndnchf]

From what I understand, the burnout-proof and short-proof condensers are made by A&L.

[Cape Codder]

BUT how can you tell if it is a A & L Condenser?

[Tom Endy]

The A&L condenser is sold by many suppliers, including Bratton's. They are easily identified by the three little stake dots on the ground strap.

Tom Endy


http://www.santaanitaas.org/wp-conte...-Condenser.pdf

[lotsagas4u]

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Ordered 2 short proof condensers from Snyders, will be looking for dots, will report back.


THANK YOU

[McMimmcs]

Originally Posted by lotsagas4u

Ordered 2 short proof condensers from Snyders, will be looking for dots, will report back.


THANK YOU

Did you ask Snyder’s who manufactured their condensers ?

[updraught]

Originally Posted by Tom Endy

The A&L condenser is sold by many suppliers, including Bratton's. They are easily identified by the three little stake dots on the ground strap.
Tom Endy
http://www.santaanitaas.org/wp-conte...-Condenser.pdf

Thanks Tom, that capacitor tester looks like the bomb.

[lotsagas4u]

Originally Posted by McMimmcs

Did you ask Snyder’s who manufactured their condensers ?

Yes I did, the man said he didn't know who the supplier was. I called them before posting this question.

[ndnchf]

I got one of those condenser testers after seeing Tom's article. It is indeed the bomb! Simple, inexpensive and works great.

[JKY]

Originally Posted by ndnchf

I got one of those condenser testers after seeing Tom's article. It is indeed the bomb! Simple, inexpensive and works great.

ndnchf, does it just measure the farads or does it do anything else? Most condensers will read good until they get warm. Does this load it to make it warm or anything besides measuring the capacitance?

[ndnchf]

Originally Posted by JKY

ndnchf, does it just measure the farads or does it do anything else? Most condensers will read good until they get warm. Does this load it to make it warm or anything besides measuring the capacitance?

It is just for farads. Here is a link to it on Amazon. The description has more details.

https://www.amazon.com/Honeytek-CECO...ps%2C60&sr=8-2

[don3527]

The condensers that we sell are the same short proof condenser that A&L used to sell.

[Kevin in NJ]

While that capacitor tester looks great, you need to read and understand what the manual says.

Minor variations in the capacitance value are how you tell if a capacitor is bad or within tolerance. If you dont understand this you could easily confuse good for bad or vice versa.

It is measurement tool and you have to take the measurement and decide if a part is good or bad.

[Tom Endy]

In the article I posted I said that the condensers I got from Bratton's, which are made by A&L, were a nominal .243 micro farads. At the time I was rebuilding about 20 distributors and had ordered that many condensers from Bratton's. I tested them all and they were all very close to .243 micro farads.

Tom Endy

[ndnchf]

This discussion is a few months old, but I thought some of you might be interested to see how an out of spec condenser affects a coil's spark.

This is a short video of my 1940s - 1950s era Herbrand coil and condenser tester. Using a good coil, I connected an old condenser that measures at near double the normal .mfd rating. - .469mfd. You can see the result.

FYI - The Herbrand tester has a known good internal condenser for use with normal coil testing. When the switch is turned to COND, the ignition circuit is routed through the external condenser being tested.

https://youtu.be/7thA6UA5kbk

[Rob Doe]

I liked it, subscribed, and turned on the ALL feature. Thank you, Steve. Keep'em comin'.

[nkaminar]

The ignition system, coil and condensor, is a tuned LC circuit. They work together to create the spark. A system that is not tuned (condensor capacity wrong) will burn out the points.

[katy]

Originally Posted by Cape Codder

BUT how can you tell if it is a A & L Condenser?

They're marked on the inside.