Posted by gmharris [71.105.42.103] on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 12:38:33 :
In Reply to: How important is the dwell, really? posted by Sherman in Idaho [24.32.202.166] on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 09:57:11 :
If dwell is too long, then the points may not open long enough for the magnetic field in the coil to completely collapse resulting in a lower coil voltage.
Your point that dwell is less important at lower RPM's seems correct. But, at what point dwell becomes critical, I don't know.