Help Guys, Coil Wiring

[ccmarsh]

Re: Help Guys, Coil Wiring

Hey cc, what do you mean by two kill switches, one in the throttle and one on the engine? Is the one on the engine a low oil pressure cutoff or something?

yes.

 

[ccmarsh]

Re: Help Guys, Coil Wiring

CC,

You really should start a new thread with this. You have 12V on the wire going to the coil and then it drops when you connect it? If so, you have resistance in the wire to the coil. Some of that is normal because most coils require a ballast resistor or a resistance wire before the coil. If you measure the voltage with the points open, no current will flow through the coil and you should be measureing 12V at the + side of the coil. With the points closed, the current through the coil will cause a voltage drop across the ballast resistor or resistor wire and you will measure less than 12V at the + side of the coil.

I understand measuring less than 12v that only makes sense however, how much of a drop is ok and how much is too much. When I was testing mine it dropped to next to nothing. Your right, we should move this thread but I don't know how.

 

[Maclin]

Re: Help Guys, Coil Wiring

Just start a new topic under your name so we don't dilute and pollute this one for wself....it sounds like his setup is not that much like yours anyway, you will get better answers in a separate topic.