Re: Replacement MSD Coil

[Jan van de Wouw <jvdwouw@xxxx>]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:02:33 -0400, Hank wrote:

> I'm pretty sure the coil is the problem.
> When disconnected, I'm getting a full 12 volts on the
> two wires that connect to terminal #15 (+) on the coil,
> but that drops to 4.6 volts as soon as I connect them
> to the coil. 

Ehm... Basic physics says that on an OPEN circuit, the
voltage across the gap ALLWAYS is as high as the feed
for the circuit...

Only once you connect ANYTHING in the gap an actual
voltage can be measured on the component...

If you're getting 4.6V over the coil, you're loosing 7.4V
somewhere... What voltage do you get across the resistors?

JAN van de Wouw

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