Mags eating spark plugs
The reason that magnetos eat spark plugs is because they are low voltage, high current ingnition devices. The result is that more electrons are passed over the gap during each spark relative to a high voltage, lower current electronic ignition. When electron flow between two points that are seperated by an air gap (as in a spark plug) the electrons take a tiny bit of metal material with them. This metal material is burned, and not deposited onto the opposite electrode. The more electrons moved per spark, the more material is moved. Limit the number of electrons per spark, and less material is moved. A very simple mathimatical relationship......
The reason that magnetos eat spark plugs is because they are low voltage, high current ingnition devices. The result is that more electrons are passed over the gap during each spark relative to a high voltage, lower current electronic ignition. When electron flow between two points that are seperated by an air gap (as in a spark plug) the electrons take a tiny bit of metal material with them. This metal material is burned, and not deposited onto the opposite electrode. The more electrons moved per spark, the more material is moved. Limit the number of electrons per spark, and less material is moved. A very simple mathimatical relationship......
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