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Re: Update on the weak spark
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Posted by John T on May 03, 2006 at 17:35:01 from (66.244.90.5):
In Reply to: Update on the weak spark posted by Bret4207 on May 03, 2006 at 11:34:10:
Bret, Congrats and thanks for the report. If the dealer insisted it uses a 6 volt coil and it indeed has around 1.5 ohms, it certainly must have an external ballast resistor or a resistive wire link or even a thermistor somewhere upstream after the switch and ahead of that coil. Otherwise, the coil would draw something like 8 amps versus the more normal 4 amps and it would run very hot plus the points will burn up prematurely. She certainly will throw a good hot spark in the meantime however lol. Best wishes John T
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