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Nice load, and slick saw man! Had to look that model up, looks a winner. That capacitor stored charge deal for the ignition looks cool, bound to help.
 
Nice! Looks like some barkless locust you got in that pile! Gonna burn nice!
 
I didn't look it up, just wondering...because the coils that everything use for ignition is a capacitor...how is this one different?
actually a coil is a transformer, don't know the voltages in a saw but in a car it changes the 12-14 volts of the charging system to 40.000 to 50,000 volts for the spark plugs. A capacitor stores electrical energy until it's needed.
 
Congrats. Maybe one of these days I'll get a Dolmar, but I'm planning on the next one being an Echo. Rather impressed with those saws.

What's that in the background? Looks like a meter panel (and concrete pad) for an RV.
Had a 14x80 mother in-law suite set there for about 6 years. Just got rid of it about a month ago. Had a hardship variance that allowed it for her till she passed. Don't have a pad, got a bunch of 2ft pillings that it set on. Wanted a pad but "code" wouldn't allow it. Thinking maybe a skid building on them in the future, already got utilities there. The pad that I'm working on (21x25) was there to park vehicles. Makes for a nice woodlot.
 
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Don't know, didn't know other saws had that sort of rig. I am ignorant of that. Just was reading on their website.
Dolmar calls it MPI - Memory Power ignition. It's all part of their Easy Start System. Spring assist and hotter initial spark supposed to make starting easier and I think it does.
 
I didn't look it up, just wondering...because the coils that everything use for ignition is a capacitor...how is this one different?

As far as capacitors go, what you may be thinking of in older ignition systems is the condenser- those are capacitors. But those are only found in conjunction with points; modern electronic ignitions do not have condensers.
 
Those dolmars look like good saws. It should give you many years of good service.
 
Dolmar calls it MPI - Memory Power ignition. It's all part of their Easy Start System. Spring assist and hotter initial spark supposed to make starting easier and I think it does.
Correct. The 32 thru 6100 have it. The smaller the saw the better it works which may be why they stopped at the 6100. Once the saw has been run the capacitor stores energy so that all that is needed is a light, gentle pull of the rope will start it. On the 32 it is almost impossible to pull the rope and it not start once you have had it running.
 
Well, just got done running another four tanks through my Dolmar today so I think it's broken in enough now to just pull the trigger and hang on from here on. Really appreciate running a new saw. Have to pull a couple of times on the initial start but after that the handle seems to just leave the case and that things lit. Gotta be the lightest and most powerful saw I've owned. It's a beautiful thing !
 
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