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Road vehicles —
Ignition systems —
Part 1 : Vocabulary
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National foreword
This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 651 8- 1 : 1 997 and implements
it as the UK national standard.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee
MCE/9, Ignition equipment for spark ignition engines, which has the
responsibility to:
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Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
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This British Standard, having Amendments issued since publication
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Contents
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National foreword Inside front cover
Foreword iii
Text of ISO 651 8- 1 1
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Contents
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Foreword iii
1 S cop e 1
2 Normative reference 1
3 Typ es of ignition sys tems 2
4 Typ es of ignition coils 3
5 Parameters 4
Alp hab etical index 9
Descriptors: Road vehicles , motor vehicles , controlled ignition engines , ignition s ys tems , vocab ulary.
/Descripteurs: Véhicule routier, véhicule à moteur, moteur à allum age com mandé, s ys tème
d’ allumage, vocab ulaire.
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federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of
preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical
committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that
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in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are
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International Standards by the ISO Council. They are approved in accordance
with ISO procedures requiring at least 75 % approval by the member bodies
voting.
International Standard ISO 6518-1 was prepared by Technical Committee
ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 1, Ignition equipment.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 6518-1:1980),
which has been technically revised.
ISO 6518 consists of the following parts, under the general title Road vehicles —
Ignition systems :
— Part 1: Vocabulary;
— Part 2: Electrical performance and function test methods.
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