Yesterday, 07:56 AM
Just to add some history
Starting in the 1950's, ignition suppression became a legal requirement (not retrospective) and was intended to stop excessive radio frequency interference from ignition systems upsetting other people's radios and televisions. If you had your own car radio, that would be more susceptible so a variety of components were sold to "top up" the supression.
Roll forward a few decades and cars began to be fitted with more and more onboard electronics. As these progressively became more complex and sensitive, they became more and more susceptible to being upset by radio interference, so the need for good suppression continued. A simple electronic ignition like the Powerspark is at the more robust end of the electronics scale and is unlikely to be affected, whereas something like an electronic tachometer is more likely to be upset by an unsuppressed system. Anything with embedded software like a modern ECU would probably never function without suppression in place.
So the Powerspark may or may not work OK, but there is no significant downside to adding suppression
Starting in the 1950's, ignition suppression became a legal requirement (not retrospective) and was intended to stop excessive radio frequency interference from ignition systems upsetting other people's radios and televisions. If you had your own car radio, that would be more susceptible so a variety of components were sold to "top up" the supression.
Roll forward a few decades and cars began to be fitted with more and more onboard electronics. As these progressively became more complex and sensitive, they became more and more susceptible to being upset by radio interference, so the need for good suppression continued. A simple electronic ignition like the Powerspark is at the more robust end of the electronics scale and is unlikely to be affected, whereas something like an electronic tachometer is more likely to be upset by an unsuppressed system. Anything with embedded software like a modern ECU would probably never function without suppression in place.
So the Powerspark may or may not work OK, but there is no significant downside to adding suppression