There is a reason the condenser is located as close as possible to the points. Without getting into a long discussion on capacitive reactance and a lot of other terms only a few of us would understand and get into a long-winded argument over, the closer a condenser is to the mechanical switch it's designed to protect, the better it works. It would require some pretty advanced electronic calculations to determine the capacitance necessary for a condenser mounted several feet away from the points instead of inches.
Jerry

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