Posted by John T on March 29, 2009 at 13:53:10 from (98.115.96.154):
In Reply to: My coil's okay BUT.... posted by Kestrel in CT on March 29, 2009 at 10:20:52:
If the points are good n clean and closed well with with no oxidation or carbon accumulation or pitting etc leaving the ignition on wont harm them much HOWEVER if theres resistive carbon thats setting there with the ignition left on such will heat up n maybe cause even more carbon accumulation n damage so YES it can "burn them up" as you state it. Of course, with age points can accumulate some carbon and yes such can cause heat build up if the ignitions left on not running
With the ignition left on long periods n the tractor not runing the coil can get hottttttttt cuz its always conducting current versus the cycling of current that normally occurs with the tractor running
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