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Re: 1977 MGB-Running on

To: simon_atwork@hotmail.com, MGS <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: 1977 MGB-Running on
From: Rich Peterson <kerry3@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 20:46:11 -0400
>>Simple calculations show that it is very unlikely that it is current
through the ignition light that is keeping the engine running.<<

Nice try, Simon, but you forgot that the coil is fed from a relay.  The
amount of current required to trigger the relay is pretty small.  I
added the diode to my ignition warning light ciruit and solved the
problem, so it is, indeed, current through the ignition light which
causes the problem. . .

Rich P.


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