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Re: Re: Re: Resistor or voltage reducer?????
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Posted by Dell (WA) on October 25, 2000 at 08:10:59 from (4.54.71.41):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Resistor or voltage reducer????? posted by rbell on October 25, 2000 at 05:25:45:
rbell.........most ignition coils are designed to run on about 3 amps, no matter what the battery voltage is. Its kinda an ignition points area thing. The more current a switch has to pass, the bigger the switch contacts must be. And then there is ignition transformer design, which is several levels of college courses on electro-magnetic theory, coil inductance, how to manufacture, etc. Remember too, the infamous ballast resistor concept. An inverse resistance dependant upon tempature. Fords "better idea" to provide a "hotter spark" at start-up with a cold engine and a cold battery and cold outside tempatures. Battery power is reduced with tempature. Battery power is reduced with heavy current draw of a starter. Pretty soon there isn't enuff 6 volt battery power to power the ignition system at start-up. Vola' the ballast resistor, that automagically changes value with tempature. Myself, if I were to convert to 12 volts, I'd use 12 volt designed ignition coils. Using a 12 to 6 dropping resistor is just a cheep way to convert to 12 volts. But for the electrically challenged and the parts counter person challenged, asking for a 12 to 6 dropping resistor is a whole lot eazier than whipping out any form of electronic voltage regulator. But you can if you want to (grin)..........Dell
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