Re: HT Lead question

["Toby Peterson" <tobyp@xxxx>]

James - The normal reason why there would be a braided steel sleeve 
over a coil wire, or other HT lead, would be for shielding to prevent 
EMI in the radio. This basically turns the HT lead into a coaxial 
cable similar to television cable. (BTW : EMI = Electro-Magnetic 
Interference). If the new wires were manufactured with proper 
internal shielding, the extra sleeve is not required. I personally 
use plug and coil wires that have a multi-strand metallic core for the 
primary conductor (no resistance at all), and then they have a braided 
stainless steel sleeve surrounding an insulation layer to provide the 
EMI protection. "Radio Suppression Wire" uses a composite conductor 
with some natural resistance to provide the EMI protection. I never 
liked the idea of thousands of ohms of resistance in a spark plug 
wire.

Toby Peterson VIN 2248
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