Its good to see that so many of you guys/gals out there are willing to
help out people like myself. The mechanic I went to is very well known
and came highly suggested by some 'honda' mechanic friends of mine.
The sensor/tranducer/generator can be changed WITHOUT having to change
the entire distributor.
This should be a really good string for someone out there that has the
same type issues.

Once again thanks to all you 'pro's' out there....beer time
exactly!!!!!!!!!!!

PabloRena ---> AnalProbe wrote:
> "PabloRena ---> AnalProbe" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >
> > "G-Ram" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > > OK EVERYONE!!!!
> > >
> > > I have been informed by my mechanic that the reason for all of these
> > > problems I am having is because the Hall Generator is bad and needs to
> > > be replaced. My entire exhaust system is fine (thank god) everything
> > > else is fine too.
> > >
> > > Maybe a discussion on what the hell a Hall Generator is and what
> > > function it performs is in order...
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone who replied with ideas and assistance.....
> >
> > Did he say that the Hall Effect sensor can be replaced itself, or does he
> > need to replace the entire distributor?
> >
> > I don't know why he's calling it a "Hall Generator" when its actually a
> > sensor. To quote from my handy dandy "Electronic Engineer's Handbook,
> 3'rd
> > Edition", page 6-88., "A magnetic field applied across a current-carrying
> > material will force the moving carriers to crowd to one side of the
> > conductor. An electric current will develop as a result of this
> > crowding...". I believe that when the distributor is rotating, some
> portion
> > of it must be magnetized and this spinning magnetic field crosses the Hall
> > Effect sensor. The output of the sensor is a series of electric pulses
> that
> > are conditioned (filtered and level adjusted with operational amplifiers)
> > and interpreted by the engine controller to adjust timing.
> >
> > Anyone, tell me if I've got this wrong. As I told the orignal poster back
> > on 7/12/05, I knew it was either the distributor or the catalytic
> converter,
> > I just didn't know which one. Unfortunately on my car both systems had to
> > be replaced at the same time.
> >
> Actually its not a sensor, but a transducer that converts a time varying
> magnetic field (difficult to measure) into a time varying voltage (easier to
> measure). Sorry about the confusion that I may have caused. Its certainly
> not a "generator", don't let that mechanic get away with trying to play
> engineer.