I have a 2 pickup coil setup and I need to find polarity on each one. How can I do this?
Any way to determine polarity on pickup coil?
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A little magnet Maybe
You are talking about an electric guitar, right? Mostly this is done by temporarily connecting in parallel and playing a few notes, then reverse one of the coils to see what sounds better. It will be rather obvious which is in phase and which is wrong.
No, this is for a vehicle pickup coil. The pickup is not accesible
The crank has a metal piece that swings by the pickup. The pickups have 2 wires that come out of them., if that helps.
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Originally Posted by sloinker
If it is just an inductor without a magnet or additional electronics then it shouldn't matter. Coil of wire in and of itself has no polarity.
A sine wave across a load resistance is the resulting output.
Conditioning electronics in the ECM or PCM use what is called a "schmitt trigger" device to square the waveform to convert it into a pulse.
https://howtomechatronics.com/how-it-works/electrical-engineering/schmitt-trigger/
Now the electronics may want a rising edge or a falling edge of the wave form, so try it in one orientation and if the electronics don't like it, reverse it.
If it is just an inductor without a magnet or additional electronics then it shouldn't matter. Coil of wire in and of itself has no polarity.
A sine wave across a load resistance is the resulting output.
Conditioning electronics in the ECM or PCM use what is called a "schmitt trigger" device to square the waveform to convert it into a pulse.
https://howtomechatronics.com/how-it-works/electrical-engineering/schmitt-trigger/
Now the electronics may want a rising edge or a falling edge of the wave form, so try it in one orientation and if the electronics don't like it, reverse it.
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