They are fairly common all over cars and trucks nowadays. I had a '75
Mercury with electronic igntion, and it had one in place of the points on
the distributor plate. They are also used in security systems, or anyplace
you want to detect movement and timing.
David C. Wilker Jr.
USAF (RET)
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dunlap" <jsdunlap@roadkill.org>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Engine Dies and Restarts
>
> Thanks David,
> I guess I knew what it was just didn't know the tech term for it...
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Dave Wilker <wilkerbeast01@charter.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> A Hall effect switch is a small coil of wire. As a magnet (reluctor
>> tooth)
>> passes near it, the magnetic field from the magnet induces a small amount
>> of
>> current in the coil. This current is used as a trigger, which in turn
>> tells
>> the computer to do whatever it is supposed to do when that happens.
>>
>>
>>
>> David C. Wilker Jr.
>> USAF (RET)
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Dunlap" <jsdunlap@roadkill.org>
>> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: DML: Engine Dies and Restarts
>>
>>
>>>
>>> OK, I thought I knew somethings but there is always more to
>>> learn.What is a Hall effect switch and how does it operate?
>>> What does it look like, I have '98 magnum 318, is there one in my
>>> dist? I have never had it open, got it used from a friend.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Terrible Tom <silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Heheheh...and the FSM's all state "Camshaft position sensor". It's
>>>>>>> not even
>>>>>>> a coil...it's a hall effect switch. :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Bernd
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh I knew you were gonna post that :-P
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. And I knew that you knew he was gonna post that. I doubt he
>>>>> knew that I knew that you knew he was gonna to post that, but possibly
>>>>> he might have known that you knew he was gonna post that. I do wonder
>>>>> though if you knew that I knew that you knew he was gonna post that,
>>>>> in which case I'd like to say that I knew that you knew that I knew
>>>>> that you knew he was gonna post that, but that would be less than
>>>>> truthful, since I don't know for sure if you knew that I knew that you
>>>>> knew he was gonna post that. Know what I mean?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ya know... I actually know whatcha mean...
>>>>
>>>> That scares me
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> The white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only...
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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