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RE: Ballast Resistor

To: "Olson, Scott" <scottolson@cascon.com>
Subject: RE: Ballast Resistor
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 19:40:25 -0400
At 03:58 PM 5/1/98 -0500, Olson, Scott wrote:

>This begs another question.  Would it make sense with an Accel supercoil
>(which has a cermaic balast resistor included) to run a normal wire to
>the ballast resistor and then to the coil,  or should I use the
>Ballasted wire to power the ballast resistor.  

>I am currently just running a fused normal wire to the ballast resistor
>and then on to the coil but I would hate to start frying things (I have
>enough problems as it is)

If you are running a ballasted coil, there is no need for the resistor.
However, you might want to be sure to not someplace that you are doing
this.  That way if you ever sell the car, the new owner know it.

John

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