OK, i forgot to mention that i get 0V ...
with the engine running, i then get 9V.
thx,
stephan
--- "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> It depends. If the points are open, then yes, you
> should have
> 12V at the + side of the coil. If the points are
> closed the
> balast resistor will drop the voltage to somewhere
> around 6V.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
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> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Stephan Sochoux wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > With the ignition key ON (engine OFF), shouldn't
> there
> > be 12V at the + side of the coil ? For some reason
> i
> > assumed so, yet that doesn't seem to be the case.
> >
> > Thx,
> >
> > stephan
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